Development and clinical evaluation of an internally controlled, single-tube multiplex real-time PCR assay for detection of Legionella pneumophila and other Legionella species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4016-4021

  Templeton, Kate E ^a   Scheltinga, Sitha A ^a   Sillekens, Peter ^b   Crielaard, Jantine W ^a   Van Dam, Alje P ^a   Goossens, Herman ^a,c   Claas, Eric C J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; CYANINE DYE; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROFLUORESCEIN; INDODICARBOCYANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE;

HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 0041419138     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4016-4021.2003     Document Type: Article

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