Case of false-positive results of the urinary antigen test for Legionella pneumophila

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 953-954

  Deforges, Lionel ^a   Legrand, Patrick ^a   Tankovic, Jacques ^a   Brun Buisson, Christian ^a   Lang, Philippe ^a   Soussy, Claude James ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; POLYPEPTIDE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0033495612     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520479     Document Type: Article

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