Direct sequencing of Legionella pneumophila from respiratory samples for sequence-based typing analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2901-2905

  Coscollá, Mireia ^a   González Candelas, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BODILY SECRETIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 69949091446     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00268-09     Document Type: Article

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