Legionella pneumophila DNA in serum samples during Legionnaires' disease in relation to C-reactive protein levels

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-376

  Van De Veerdonk, F L ^a,b   De Jager, C P C ^a   Schellekens, J J A ^a   Huijsmans, C J J ^a   Beaumont, F ^a   Hermans, M H A ^a   Wever, P C ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 63949087733     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0638-8     Document Type: Article

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