Specific real-time PCR for simultaneous detection and identification of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in water and clinical samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1708-1717

  Merault N ^a,b   Rusniok, C ^a   Jarraud, S ^c   Gomez Valero, L ^a   Cazalet, C ^a   Marin, M ^a   Brachet, E ^a   Aegerter, P ^e   Gaillard, J L ^b   Etienne, J ^c,d   Herrmann, J L ^b   Lawrence, C ^b   Buchrieser, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SPECIES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; REAL-TIME PCR METHOD; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; SIMULTANEOUS IDENTIFICATION;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1;

EID: 79953203962     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02261-10     Document Type: Article

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