Evaluation of different nucleic acid amplification techniques for the detection of M. pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae and Legionella spp. in respiratory specimens from patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-262

  Loens, K ^a   Beck, T ^a   Ursi, D ^a   Overdijk, M ^a   Sillekens, P ^b   Goossens, H ^a   Ieven, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Legionella; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Real time multiplex NASBA

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 43049099586     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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