The role of the clinical microbiology laboratory during the outbreak of Legionella spp., in the municipality of Alcoy: The effectiveness of different diagnosis methods;El laboratorio de microbiología clínica en el brote de Legionella spp. en la comarca de Alcoy: Rentabilidad de las diferentes técnicas diagnósticas

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 435-438

  López, Pilar ^a,d   Chinchilla, Avelina ^a   Andreu, Mariano ^b   Pelaz, Carmen ^c   Sastre, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LOS LIRIOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community acquired outbreak; Diagnosis methods; Legionella pneumophila

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; URINE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0347917949     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(01)72688-2     Document Type: Article

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