대한의료관련감염관리학회 Korean Society for Healthcare-associated infection Control and Prevention.

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Chlorine resistance of waterborne pathogens relative to Escherichia coli [2,9]

Genus or species CT 99.9%*
Escherichia coli 0.09 (reference)
Legionella pneumophilia
Medium-grown 7.5 (83-fold)
Water-adapted 52.5 (580-fold)
Mycobacterium avium
Medium-grown 51 (567-fold)
Water-adapted -
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1.92 (21-fold)
Methylobacterium spp. 1.5 (16.7-fold)
Acinetobacter baumanii 59 (658-fold)
Aeromonas hydrophila 2.6 (29-fold)

*Product of concentration (mg/L) and duration of exposure (min) to kill 99.9% of cells.

Korean J healthc assoc Infect Control Prev 2024;29:27~39 https://doi.org/10.14192/kjicp.2024.29.1.27
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