Detection of Legionella pneumophila DNA in urine and serum samples from patients with pneumonia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 223-225

  Matsiota Bernard, P ^a   Waser, S ^a   Vrioni, G ^a,b  

^a Université Paris V   (France)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 0034174699     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2000.00041-2.x     Document Type: Article

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