Detection of Legionella pneumophila by real-time PCR for the mip gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3327-3330

  Wilson, Deborah A ^a   Yen Lieberman, Belinda ^a   Reischl, Udo ^b   Gordon, Steve M ^a   Procop, Gary W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHILINS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038168013     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3327-3330.2003     Document Type: Article

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