Table 3 Comparison between Legionella counts (CFU/l) of concordant positive samples

Higher counts on MWY

37 (34.3%)

1.7 × 10³

1.6 × 10³

2.0 × 10² - 1.7 × 10⁴

1.0 × 10³

9.0 × 10²

5.0 × 10¹ - 1.6 × 10⁴

Higher counts on BCYEα + AB

56 (51.8%)

8.1 × 10²

9.5 × 10²

5.0 × 10¹ - 8.3 × 10³

1.3 × 10³

1.2 × 10³

1.0 × 10² - 1.7 × 10⁴

Counts on MWY agar = counts on on BCYEα AB

15 (13.9%)

6.1 × 10²

3.0 × 10²

5.0 × 10¹ - 3.3 × 10⁵

6.1 × 10²

3.0 × 10²

5.0 × 10¹ - 3.3 × 10⁵