Are oropharyngeal swabs suitable as samples for Legionella-specific PCR testing? [4]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3482-

  Diederen, Bram M W ^a   Peeters, Marcel F ^b  

^a Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOLD STANDARD; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROAT CULTURE;

HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; OROPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

LEGIONELLA;

EID: 35348816827     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01495-07     Document Type: Letter

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