Sensitivity of Legionella pneumophila DNA detection in serum samples in relation to disease severity [3]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1255-

  Diederen, Bram M W ^a   Bruin, Jacob P ^a   Den Boer, Jeroen W ^b   Peeters, Marcel F ^c   Yzerman, Ed P F ^a  

^a Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service Kennemerland   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 5S;

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BREATHING RATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34748840293     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47258-0     Document Type: Letter

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