Microbiology of Environmental Waters and Other Samples

Determination of Legionella Bacteria in Waters and Other Environmental Samples

Rationale for Surveying and Sampling

4  References

Methods for the Examination of Waters and Associated Materials

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4 References

1 Legionnaires’ disease: isolation of a bacterium and demonstration of its role in respiratory disease, J E McDade et al, New England Journal of Medicine, 1977, 297, pp1197-1203
2 Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
3 Control of Substances Hazardous to health regulations 2002, Statutory Instrument 2002/2677
4 Approved code of practice and guidance, “Legionnaires’ disease: the control of legionella bacteria in water systems”, HSC, London, 2000
5 BS 1992:7592 - Sampling for Legionella organisms in water and related materials
6 ISO 1998:11731 - Water Quality - Detection and enumeration of Legionella
7 ‘Guide to Risk Assessment for Water Services’ published by the Water Management Society, 2002
8 Ecological distribution of Legionella pneumophila, C B Fliermans, W B Cherry and L H Orrison, Appl Environ Microbiol, 1981, 41, pp9-16
9 Effect of temperature, pH and oxygen level on the multiplication of naturally occurring Legionella pneumophila in potable water, R Wadowsky, Appl Environ Microbiol, 1985, 49, pp1197-1205
10 Characteristics of environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila, H L Orrison, B Cherry, C B Fliermans, B Dees, K McDougal and J D Dodd, Appl Environ Microbiol, 1981, 42, pp109-115
11 Legionella and building services, G W Brundrett, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1992
12 Colonisation of transplant unit water supplies with Legionella and protozoa: Precautions required to reduce the risk of legionellosis, W J Patterson, J Hay, D V Seal and J C McLuckie, J Hosp Inf, 1997, 37, pp7-17. 37
13 The colonisation of water supplies in United Kingdom transplant units with Legionella bacteria and protozoa, and the risk to patients, J C McLuckie, I Campbell, J Hay, W Patterson and D V Seal, NHS in Scotland, Edinburgh, 1995, ISBN 0748030360
14 Microbiological investigations into and outbreak of Pontiac fever due to Legionella micdadei associated with use of a whirlpool, R J Fallon and T J Rowbotham, J Clin Microbiol, 1990, 43, pp479-483
15 Survival and growth of Legionella species in the environment, J V Lee and A A West, Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 1991, 70, pp121S-129S
16 A large outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a flower show, The Netherlands, 1999, J W Den Boer et al, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002, Vol 8, No 1, pp37-43
17 www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/legionella/data.htm
18 Community-acquired pneumonia in adults in British hospitals in 1982-1983: A BTS/PHLS survey of aetiology, mortality, prognostic factors and outcome, Quart J Med, 1987, 62, pp195-220
19 2001 Study of community-acquired pneumonia aetiology (SCAPA) in adults admitted to hospital: implications for management guidelines, W S Lim, J T Macfarlane, T C Boswell, T G Harrison, D Rose, M Leinonen and P Saikku, Thorax, 2001 April 56 (4), pp296-301
20 Sequence-based typing of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 offers the potential for true portability in legionellosis outbreak investigation, V Gaia, N K Fry, T G Harrison, R Peduzzi, J Clin Microbiol, 2003, July 41 (7), pp2932-2939
21 Nosocomial Legionnaires’ disease and use of medication nebulizers, T D Mastro, J Infect Dis, 1991, 163, pp667-670
22 Community acquired Legionnaires’ Disease in Nottingham - too many cases? W S Lim, R Slack, A Goodwin, J Robinson, J V Lee, C Joseph and K Neal, Epidemiology and Infection, 2003, 131, pp1097-1103
23 The risks of Legionella in water systems in homes, Part 1, S Coward, C Wiech, G Raw, R Hamilton, J V Lee and C Joseph, 1999, Building Research Establishment, CR361/98R. Final Report prepared for the Building Regulations Division, DETR
24 Adhesion as a strategy for access to nutrients, K C Marshall, in Bacterial adhesion: molecular and ecological diversity, (Ed) M Fletcher, Wiley-Liss inc, New York, 1996, pp 59-87
25 Biofilms: A basis for an inter-disciplinary approach, W G Characklis and K C Marshall in Biofilm, (Eds) W Characklis and K C Marshall, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1990, pp3-15
26 Industrial biofouling: Detection, prevention and control, Eds J Walker, S Surman and J Jass, Wiley UK, 2000
27 Biofilms as major sources of Legionella sp. in hydrothermal areas and their dispersion into streams, G Marrao, A Verissimo, R G Bowker and M S da Costa, FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 1993, 12, pp25-33
28 Legionella-like amoebal pathogens by T J Rowbotham in Legionella Current Status and Emerging Perspectives, Am Soc Microbial, Washington, 1993, pp137-140
29 Legionella pneumophila proliferation is not dependent on intracellular multiplication, S B Surman, D Goddard, L G H Morton and C W Keevil, in Proceedings: ASM 5th International Conference on Legionella, University of Ulm, Germany, September 2000
30 Utilisation of similar mechanisms by Legionella pneumophila to parasitize two evolutionary distant host cells, mammalian macrophages and protozoa, G Lian-Yong, O S Harb and Y A Kwaik, Inf Immunol, 1997, 65, pp4738-4746
31 The phagosome containing Legionella pneumophila within the protozoa Hartmannella vermiformis is surrounded by the rough endoplasmic reticulum, Y A Kwaik, Appl Environ Microbiol, 1996, 62, pp2022-2028
32 Heterogeneity in the attachment and uptake mechanisms of the Legionnaires’ disease bacterium, Legionella pneumophila, by protozoan hosts, O S Harb, C Venkataraman, B J Haack, G Lian-Yong and Y A Kwaik, Appl Environ Microbiol, 1998, 64, pp126-132
33 Interaction between free-living amoebae and Legionella in the environment, C Harf and H Monteil, Water Science Techniques, 1988, 20 (11/12), pp235-239
34 Intracellular multiplication of Legionella pneumophila in amoebae isolated from hospital hot water tanks, B S Fields, S N Sanden, J M Barbaree, W E Morrill, R M Wadowsky, E H White and J C Feeley, Curr Microbiol, 1989, 18, pp131-137
35 Current views on the relationship between amoebae, Legionellae and man, T J Rowbotham, Israel J Med Sci, 1986, 22, pp678-689
36 Preliminary report on the pathogenicity of Legionella pneumophila for freshwater and soil amoebae, T J Rowbotham, J. Clin. Path, 1980, 33, pp1179-1183
37 Environmental regulation of the virulence and physiology of Legionella pneumophila, W S Mauchline, R Araujo, R B Fitzgeorge, P J Dennis and C W Keevil in Legionella: Current status and Emerging perspectives (Eds) J M Barbareem, R F Breiman and A P Dufour, Am Soc Microbiol, Washington, 1993, pp262-264
38 Relationship between Legionella pneumophila and A. polyphaga: Physiological status and susceptibility to chemical invasion, J Barker, W R M Brown, J P Collier, I Farell and P Gilbert, Appl Environ Microbiol, 1992, 58, pp2420-2425
39 Detection of Legionella species in sewage and ocean water by polymerase chain reaction, direct fluorescent antibody and plate culture methods, C J Palmer, Y Tsai, C Paszko-Kolva, C Mayer and L R Sangermano, Appl Environ Microbiol, 1993, 59, pp3613-24
40 Isolation of amoebae from the air, D Kingston and D C Warhurst, J Med Microbiol, 1969 February 2(1), pp27-36
41 Survival of coliforms and bacterial pathogens within protozoa during chlorination, H C King, B E Shotts, R E Wooley and K G Porter, Appl Environ Microbiol, 1988, 54, pp3023-3033
42 Survival of Legionella pneumophila within A. polyphaga cysts following chlorine exposure, S Kilvington and J Price, J Appl Bacteriol, 1990, 68, pp519-525
43 Comparison of polymerase chain reaction and conventional culture for the detection of Legionella in hospital water samples, M Maiwald, K Kissel, S Srimuang, M von Knebel, M Doeberitz and G H Sonntag, J Appl Bacteriol, 1994, 76, pp216-225
44 Detection and recovery of Legionella in water, J M Barbaree, W E Morrill, B S Fields, W T Martin and G N Sanden, Toxicity Assay, 1998, 3, pp479-490
45 Protocol for sampling environmental sites for Legionella, J M Barbaree, S Gorman, WT Martin, B S Helds and W E Morrill, Appl Environ Microbiol, 1987, 53, pp1451-1458
46 Incubation of water samples containing amoebae improves detection of legionellae by the culture method, G N Sanden, W E Morrill, B S Fields, R F Breiman and J M Barbaree, Appl Environ Microbiol, 1992, 58, pp2001 –2004
47 Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999. Statutory Instrument SI 1999/1148
48 A case report of false negative Legionella test results in a chlorinated public hot water distribution system due to the lack of sodium thiosulfate in sampling bottles, A Wiedenmann, W Langhammer and K Botzenhart, Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health, 2001, 204.4, pp245-49
49 Complexing of copper in drinking water samples to enhance recovery of Aeromonas and other bacteria, J F Versteegh, A H Havelaar, A C Hoekstra and A Visser,    J Appl Bacteriol, 1989 November 67(5), pp561-566


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