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Relationship between colonization of hospital buildings with Legionella pneumophila and hot water temperatures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1983) 46(3) 769-770
DOI: 10.1128/aem.46.3.769-770.1983
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Legionella pneumophila was isolated from four hospital buildings that maintained hot water storage temperatures at 43 to 45° C. Two adjacent hospital buildings with negative cultures maintained temperatures at 58 to 60°C.

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Plouffe, J. F., Webster, L. R., & Hackman, B. (1983). Relationship between colonization of hospital buildings with Legionella pneumophila and hot water temperatures. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 46(3), 769–770. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.46.3.769-770.1983

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