Detection and quantification of Legionella pneumophila DNA in serum: Case reports and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 639-642

  Diederen, Bram M W ^a   De Jong, Caroline M A ^a   Kluytmans, Jan A J W ^b   Van Der Zee, Anneke ^a   Peeters, Marcel F ^a  

^a Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALAISE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 33646256310     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46453-0     Document Type: Article

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