Laboratory methods for the diagnosis of Legionella infections

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-79

  Maiwald, Matthias ^a   Helbig, Jürgen H ^b   Lück, P Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic methods; Legionella; Legionellosis; Legionnaires' disease; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 0032102032     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(98)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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