Designation of the European Working Group on Legionella Infection (EWGLI) amplified fragment length polymorphism types of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 and results of intercentre proficiency testing using a standard protocol

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 722-728

  Fry, N K ^a   Bangsborg, J M ^b,r   Bergmans, A ^c   Bernander, S ^d   Etienne, J ^e   Franzin, L ^f   Gaia, V ^g   Hasenberger, P ^h   Baladron Jimenez B ⁱ   Jonas, D ^j   Lindsay, D ^k   Mentula, S ^l   Papoutsi, A ^m   Struelens, M ⁿ   Uldum, S A ^o   Visca, P ^p   Wannet, W ^q   Harrison, T G ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c Laboratory of Medical Microbiology   (Netherlands)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Centre National de Reference des Staphylocoques   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g Istituto Batteriosierologico Cantonale   (Switzerland)

^h Federal Public Health Laboratory Austria   (Austria)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^j Inst fuer Umweltmed/Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^k STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^m ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

ⁿ ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^o STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^p ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^q NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^r GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GENOTYPE; LABORATORY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0036459941     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0790-5     Document Type: Article

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