Validation of MICA Legionella for Enumeration of Legionella pneumophila in Sanitary Waters and Cooling Tower Waters: AOAC Performance Tested MethodSM 032201.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frequent testing for Legionella concentration in water is required by most health risk monitoring organizations worldwide. Domestic hot water and cooling tower water networks must be regularly controlled to prevent Legionnaires' disease, a potentially deadly lung infection. MICA Legionella is the fastest culture-based detection method for all serogroups of Legionella pneumophila, with automatic enumeration in 48 h and no need for confirmation.

Objective

This study compares the performance and robustness of MICA Legionella with the reference method ISO 11731:2017 for the enumeration of culturable L. pneumophila.

Methods

MICA Legionella and ISO 11731:2017 results were compared for domestic hot water and cooling tower water. Inclusivity and exclusivity were te

SUBMITTER: Passot F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10156412 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature