Comparison of five commercial assays for the detection of Legionella pneumophila antigens in urine;Comparación de cinco ensayos comerciales para la detección de antígenos de Legionella pneumophila en orina

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-84

  De Ory, Fernando ^a   Minguito, Teodora ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigenuria; Enzyme immunoassay; Immunochromatography; Legionella pneumophila

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, IMMOBILIZED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLLODION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61649092225     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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