Rapid diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease using an immunochromatographic assay for Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen in urine during an outbreak in The Netherlands

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2738-2739

  Wever, Peter C ^a,c   Yzerman, Ed P F ^b   Kuijper, Ed J ^a   Speelman, Peter ^a   Dankert, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM EXAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033912744     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2738-2739.2000     Document Type: Article

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