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. 2011 Apr;110(4):1032–1044. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.04957.x

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Distribution of logarithmic differences between quantitative PCR result (GU l⁻¹) and culture results (CFU l⁻¹) in water samples (a) Legionella pneumophila in cooling towers –Leg. pneumophila– detected by both methods in 36/232 pairs of samples (b) Legionella species in cooling towers –Legionella species detected by both methods in 69/232 pairs of samples (c) Leg. pneumophila in domestic hot and cold water systems –Leg. pneumophila detected by both methods in 154/506 pairs of samples. (d) Legionella species in domestic hot and cold water system samples –Legionella species detected by both methods in 239/506 pairs of samples.