Dual detection of Legionella pneumophila and Legionella species by real-time PCR targeting the 23S-5S rRNA gene spacer region

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-261

  Yang, G ^a   Benson, R ^a   Pelish, T ^a   Brown, E ^a   Winchell, J M ^a   Fields, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

23S 5S; Legionella pneumophila; Legionella species; Legionnaires' disease; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

RNA 23S; RNA 5S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA CINCINNATIENSIS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI; VIRUS STRAIN;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA CINCINNATIENSIS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI;

EID: 76749104823     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02766.x     Document Type: Article

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