Detection of legionella in dental unit waterlines using different techniques

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Medicine. Johannesburg, 2002 === Water stagnation in dental waterlines may cause contaminating organisms including Legi...

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Main Author: Singh, Tanusha
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2019
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10539/26362
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Summary:A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Medicine. Johannesburg, 2002 === Water stagnation in dental waterlines may cause contaminating organisms including Legionella and amoeba to multiply to potentially hazardous levels. The purpose of this study was to determine the presence of Legionella in the dental unit waterlines at the Dental Teaching Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand using different techniques === IT2019