Treatment of a Legionella pneumophila-colonized water distribution system using copper-silver ionization and continuous chlorination.

A, Biurrun; L, Caballero; C, Pelaz; E, León; A, Gago

doi:10.1086/501645

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Treatment of a Legionella pneumophila-colonized water distribution system using copper-silver ionization and continuous chlorination.

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Authors:

Biurrun A

Caballero L

Pelaz C

Abstract

The detection in April 1997 of a case of nosocomial legionellosis in our hospital led to the discovery that both our hot- and cold-water circuits were heavily colonized with Legionella pneumophila. Conventional methods for eradication of the organisms were unsuccessful, so a copper-silver (Cu-Ag) io...

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