Diagnosis of Legionella infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-69

  Murdoch, David R ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0037235164     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345529     Document Type: Article

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