Evaluation of the Duopath Legionella lateral flow assay for identification of Legionella pneumophila and Legionella species culture isolates

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4489-4491

  Helbig, Jürgen Herbert ^a   Lück, Paul Christian ^a   Kunz, Britta ^b   Bubert, Andreas ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER;

AGGLUTINATION; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION; LEGIONELLA SPP.;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMUNOASSAY;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA ADELAIDENSIS; LEGIONELLA ANISA; LEGIONELLA BIRMINGHAMENSIS; LEGIONELLA BOZEMANAE; LEGIONELLA BRUNENSIS; LEGIONELLA CHERRII; LEGIONELLA CINCINNATIENSIS; LEGIONELLA DUMOFFII; LEGIONELLA ERYTHRA; LEGIONELLA FAIRFIELDENSIS; LEGIONELLA FEELEII; LEGIONELLA GEESTIANA; LEGIONELLA GENOMOSPECIES A; LEGIONELLA GORMANII; LEGIONELLA GRATIANA; LEGIONELLA HACKELIAE; LEGIONELLA ISRAELENSIS; LEGIONELLA JAMESTOWNIENSIS; LEGIONELLA JORDANIS; LEGIONELLA LANSINGENSIS; LEGIONELLA LONDINIENSIS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA MACEACHERNII; LEGIONELLA MORAVICA; LEGIONELLA NAUTARUM; LEGIONELLA OAKRIDGENSIS; LEGIONELLA PARISIENSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA QUATEIRENSIS; LEGIONELLA QUINLIVANII; LEGIONELLA RUBRILUCENS; LEGIONELLA SAINTHELENSI; LEGIONELLA SANTICRUCIS; LEGIONELLA SHAKESPEAREI; LEGIONELLA SPIRITENSIS; LEGIONELLA TAURINENSIS; LEGIONELLA TUCSONENSIS; LEGIONELLA WADSWORTHII; LEGIONELLA WALTERSII; LEGIONELLA WORSLEIENSIS; NONHUMAN; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PSEUDOMONAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 33745121838     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00346-06     Document Type: Article

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