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Legionella species isolated from cooling towers in Kuala Lumpur

Ngeow YF 1 , Tan CH 2 , Lim SY 3

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  • 1 Y F Ngeow MBBS, MSc. Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
  • 2 C H Tan. Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
  • 3 S Y Lim. Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
Med J Malaysia, 1992 Mar;47(1):15-9.
PMID: 1387443

Abstract

Three building complexes in Kuala Lumpur were surveyed for the presence of legionellae in cooling towers. The organisms were grown from 12 out of 46 samples of water collected from 30 towers. L. pneumophila serogroups 1 and 7 were the commonest serogroups isolated. None belonged to the Pontiac subgroup of L. pneumophila serogroup 1.

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