TABLE 5.
Legionella species | No. of times Legionella isolated from:
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Hot water heaters
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Distal sites
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CL phase | MC phase | Total | CL phase
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MC phase
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Total | |||
Bulk | Biofilm | Bulk | Biofilm | |||||
L. rubrilucens | 2a | 0 | 2 | 3a | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
L. pneumophila serogroup 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
L. pneumophila serogroup 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
L. gormanii | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
L. bozemanii serogroup 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
L. feeleii serogroup 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
L. maceachernii | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
L. pneumophila serogroup 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
L. feeleii serogroup 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 10 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
Isolated as a second species from one sample.