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Legionella confirmation in cooling tower water
Comparison of culture, real-time PCR and next generation sequencing
Maha Farhat, Raja A. Shaheed, Haidar H. Al-Ali, Abdullah S. Al-Ghamdi, Ghadeer M. Al-Hamaqi, Hawraa S. Maan, Zainab A. Al-Mahfoodh and Hussain Z. Al-Seba
Saudi Medical Journal February 2018, 39 (2) 137-141; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.2.21587
Maha Farhat
From the Department of Biochemistry (Farhat), Department of Epidemic Diseases Research (Farhat), College of Medicine (Shaheed, Aall-Ali, Al-Ghamdi, Al-Hamaqi, Maan, Al-Mahfoodh, Al-Seba), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhDRaja A. Shaheed
From the Department of Biochemistry (Farhat), Department of Epidemic Diseases Research (Farhat), College of Medicine (Shaheed, Aall-Ali, Al-Ghamdi, Al-Hamaqi, Maan, Al-Mahfoodh, Al-Seba), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBSHaidar H. Al-Ali
From the Department of Biochemistry (Farhat), Department of Epidemic Diseases Research (Farhat), College of Medicine (Shaheed, Aall-Ali, Al-Ghamdi, Al-Hamaqi, Maan, Al-Mahfoodh, Al-Seba), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBSAbdullah S. Al-Ghamdi
From the Department of Biochemistry (Farhat), Department of Epidemic Diseases Research (Farhat), College of Medicine (Shaheed, Aall-Ali, Al-Ghamdi, Al-Hamaqi, Maan, Al-Mahfoodh, Al-Seba), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBSGhadeer M. Al-Hamaqi
From the Department of Biochemistry (Farhat), Department of Epidemic Diseases Research (Farhat), College of Medicine (Shaheed, Aall-Ali, Al-Ghamdi, Al-Hamaqi, Maan, Al-Mahfoodh, Al-Seba), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBSHawraa S. Maan
From the Department of Biochemistry (Farhat), Department of Epidemic Diseases Research (Farhat), College of Medicine (Shaheed, Aall-Ali, Al-Ghamdi, Al-Hamaqi, Maan, Al-Mahfoodh, Al-Seba), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBSZainab A. Al-Mahfoodh
From the Department of Biochemistry (Farhat), Department of Epidemic Diseases Research (Farhat), College of Medicine (Shaheed, Aall-Ali, Al-Ghamdi, Al-Hamaqi, Maan, Al-Mahfoodh, Al-Seba), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBSHussain Z. Al-Seba
From the Department of Biochemistry (Farhat), Department of Epidemic Diseases Research (Farhat), College of Medicine (Shaheed, Aall-Ali, Al-Ghamdi, Al-Hamaqi, Maan, Al-Mahfoodh, Al-Seba), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS
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Legionella confirmation in cooling tower water
Maha Farhat, Raja A. Shaheed, Haidar H. Al-Ali, Abdullah S. Al-Ghamdi, Ghadeer M. Al-Hamaqi, Hawraa S. Maan, Zainab A. Al-Mahfoodh, Hussain Z. Al-Seba
Saudi Medical Journal Feb 2018, 39 (2) 137-141; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2018.2.21587
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