Treatment of aLegionella pneumophila-Colonized Water Distribution System Using Copper-Silver Ionization and Continuous Chlorination

Biurrun, Amaya; Caballero, Luis; Pelaz, C.; León, Elena; Gago, Alberto

doi:10.1086/501645

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Treatment of aLegionella pneumophila-Colonized Water Distribution System Using Copper-Silver Ionization and Continuous Chlorination

Published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology • Jun 1, 1999

Authors:

Amaya Biurrun

Luis Caballero

C. Pelaz

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...

Subject

Legionella pneumophila

Legionella

Copper

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