Title of article
Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from Tehran Hospital Water Samples
Author/Authors
Aslani, Mohammad Mehdi Microbiology Department - Pasteur Institute of Iran , Pourmansour, Mandokht Microbiology Department - Pasteur Institute of Iran , Motavalian, Morteza Microbiology Department - Pasteur Institute of Iran
Pages
3
From page
65
To page
67
Abstract
Over a Period of three months (summer), 108 samples of water collected from four hospitals in Tehran.
They were taken from numerous potable and non-potable water, including main supply cisterns,
calorifiers, hot and cold tap water, shower, cooling tower and drain of air condition system. Culturing
of concentrated and non-concentrated water samples on Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE) Agar
and Selective BCYE agar yielded one strain of Legionella pneumophila. It was found in cooling tower
drain of one hospitals. The strain isolated belonged to sero-group 4 (Portland-1 Strain). It was also
atypical being hippurate negative.
Keywords
Legionella pneumophila , Water contamination , BCYE agar
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
1997
Record number
2474281
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