| [presence of legionella spp. in household drinking water reservoirs in resistencia, chaco, argentina. preliminary report]. | legionella spp. is an environmental bacterium that can survive in a wide range of physicochemical conditions and may colonize distribution systems of drinking water and storage tanks. legionella pneumophila is the major waterborne pathogen that can cause 90% of legionnaires' disease cases. the aim of this study was to detect the presence of legionella spp. in household drinking water tanks in the city of resistencia, chaco. the detection of legionella in water samples was performed by culture me ... | 2016 | 28029443 |