Comparison of five methods for extraction of Legionella pneumophila from respiratory specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5913-5916

  Wilson, Deborah ^a   Yen Lieberman, Belinda ^a   Reischl, Udo ^b   Warshawsky, Ilka ^a   Procop, Gary W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SPUTUM;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 10844278024     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5913-5916.2004     Document Type: Article

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