The use of heteroduplex analysis of polymerase chain reaction products to support the possible transmission of Legionella pneumophila from a malfunctioning automobile air conditioner

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 145-147

  Pinar, Ahmet ^a   Ramirez, Julio A ^a   Schindler, Laura L ^a   Miller, Richard D ^a   Summersgill, James T ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036129932     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502025     Document Type: Article

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