Legionella and legionnaires' disease: 25 Years of investigation

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 506-526

  Fields, Barry S ^a   Benson, Robert F ^a   Besser, Richard E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; RESEARCH; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; COXIELLA; LEGIONELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036314980     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.15.3.506-526.2002     Document Type: Review

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281. Evaluation of an indirect hemagglutination test for Legionella pneumophila serogroups 1 to 4
282. Immunoglobulin M antibody titers in the diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease