Research Article
Detection and Quantification of Legionella pneumophila from Water Systems in Kuwait Residential Facilities test
Table 1
Comparison of culture method with real-time PCR for the detection of Legionella spp.
| | Water source | PCR+ | Culture+ | PCR+/culture+ | PCR+/cultureā | PCRā/culture+ |
| | Bathroom | 54.9% (45/82)a | 32.9% (27/82) | 30.5% (25/82) | 24.4% (20/82) | 2.4% (2/82) | | Kitchen | 37.3% (19/51) | 29.4% (15/51) | 25.5% (13/51) | 11.8% (6/51) | 3.9% (2/51) | | Water tanks | 29.6% (21/71) | 8.5% (6/71) | 8.5% (6/71) | 21.1% (15/71) | 0% (0/71) |
| | Total | 41.7% (85/204) | 23.5% (48/204) | 22.1% (45/204) | 20.1% (41/204) | 2% (4/204) |
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Number of positive samples/total number of samples.
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