Legionnaire Disease
Reports on legionnaire disease findings from Michigan State University provide new insights
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 27th, 2008
"After multiple challenge events (4.25 x 10(11) CFU per filter), the levels of Legionella were lower in the effluent from the filter containing both copper and silver (mean 4.48 x 10(3) CFU ml(-1)) than in the effluent from the filter containing copper only (1.26 x 10(4) CFU ml(-1); P< 0.001). After a single challenge event of approx. 5 x 10(9) CFU L. pneumophila per filter, there was no significant difference between the...
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