Legionella - a case for culture

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 736-738

  Lück, Christian ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MACROPHAGE INFECTIVITY POTENTIATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE;

EID: 77953347989     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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