Polymerase chain reaction for detection of Legionellae DNA in urine samples from patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 469-472

  Socan M ^a,c   Kese D ^b   Marinic Fiser N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINE;

EID: 0034577253     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02817623     Document Type: Article

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