Urine antigen tests positive for pontiac fever: Implications for diagnosis and pathogenesis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-231

  Edelstein, Paul H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PONTIAC FEVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; URINE ANTIGEN TEST;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE;

EID: 33846145384     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510394     Document Type: Note

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