Detection of Legionella DNA in peripheral leukocytes, serum, and urine from a patient with pneumonia caused by Legionella dumoffii

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 382-383

  Murdoch, David R ^a,d   Chambers, Stephen T ^b,c  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA DUMOFFII; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE;

EID: 0034097259     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313656     Document Type: Article

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