Evaluation of a new ELISa (Bartels) for detection of Legionella pneumophila antigen in urine;Evaluación de un nuevo ensayo de ELISA (Bartels) para la detección de antígeno de Legionella pneumophila en orina

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 106-109

  De Ory, Fernando ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigenuria; ELISA; Legionella pneumophila

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

EID: 0347998479     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(02)72758-4     Document Type: Article

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