COLONY BLOT-ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF LE GIONELLA RESULTS OF A COMPARATIVE-STUDY

Authors
OBST U
Citation
U. Obst, COLONY BLOT-ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF LE GIONELLA RESULTS OF A COMPARATIVE-STUDY, Zentralblatt fur Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, 199(1), 1996, pp. 91-95
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Zentralblatt fur Hygiene und Umweltmedizin → ACNP
ISSN journal
09348859
Volume
199
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
91 - 95
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-8859(1996)199:1<91:CBFTDO>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
In the following short communication a new commercially available immu noassay for the quantitative detection of Legionellae after cultivatio n was compared with the conventional method recommended by ISO in a st udy shared by 6 laboratories. After a training phase of the laboratory personal a very good agreement of immunological and conventional meth od was observed by testing 310 water samples. The colony blot assay fo r quantitative identification of Legionella spec. is a rapid and speci fic method and can be recommended for quantification of Legionella spe c. in water samples.