Leinbach E D, Winkler H H, Wood D O, Coggin J H
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1983 Mar;45(3):1119-21. doi: 10.1128/aem.45.3.1119-1121.1983.
The established criteria for the determination of the optimum time for the sacrifice of guinea pigs inoculated with samples of cooling tower water were found to be inadequate for the detection of low levels of Legionella pneumophila. By ignoring the requirement for fever and by sequentially sacrificing the infected guinea pigs on days 3 through 5 postinoculation, we simplified the procedure, and the sensitivity of detection was improved a great deal.
已确立的用于确定接种冷却塔水样的豚鼠最佳处死时间的标准,被发现不足以检测低水平的嗜肺军团菌。通过忽略发热要求,并在接种后第3天至第5天依次处死受感染的豚鼠,我们简化了程序,检测灵敏度得到了极大提高。