Evaluation of clinical usefulness of the microplate agglutination test for serological diagnosis of legionella pneumonia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-328

  Tateda, K ^a   Murakami, H ^a   Ishii, Y ^a   Furuya, N ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a   Yamaguchi, K ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031933784     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-4-325     Document Type: Article

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