Table 2.
Legionella air contamination in PG * by different sampling methods.
| Healthcare Facilities (No.) | Methods | Sampling | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 h | 2 h | 3 h | 4 h | 5 h | 6 h | 7 h | 8 h | |||
| 1 | SAS | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | |
| Settle Plates | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | ||
| CORIOLIS | Culture | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| qPCR Lpn | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||
| qPCR Lspp | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||
| 5 | SAS | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| Settle Plates | + | + | + | − | + | + | − | − | ||
| CORIOLIS | Culture | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| qPCR Lpn | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | ||
| qPCR Lspp | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | ||
| 7 | SAS | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| Settle Plates | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | ||
| CORIOLIS | Culture | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| qPCR Lpn | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | ||
| qPCR Lspp | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | ||
| 11 | SAS | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| Settle Plates | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | ||
| CORIOLIS | Culture | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| qPCR Lpn | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | ||
| qPCR Lspp | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | ||
* positive group by at least one culture-based investigation; + = positive results; − = negative results.