Legionella pneumophila mip gene sequencing to investigate a cluster of pneumonia cases

Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-69

  Ratcliff, Rodney M ^a   Slavin, Monica A ^b   Sangster, Norma ^a   Doyle, Robyn M ^a   Seymour, John F ^b   Lanser, Janice A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detection; Diagnosis; Fixed lung; Legionella; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA EXTRACTION; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MIP GENE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037298909     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031302021000062361     Document Type: Article

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