Application of polymerase chain reaction for detection of Legionella pneumophila in serum samples

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 144-148

  Alexiou Daniel, S ^a,b   Stylianakis, A ^a   Papoutsi, A ^a   Zorbas, I ^a   Papa, A ^a   Lambropoulos, A F ^b   Antoniadis, A ^a  

^a Hellenic Military School of Medicine   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Legionella pneumophila; PCR; Serum samples

Indexed keywords

RNA 5S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SERUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COXIELLA BURNETII; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031940154     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00377.x     Document Type: Article

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