Contribution of amoebic coculture to recovery of Legionella isolates from respiratory samples: Prospective analysis over a period of 32 months

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1725-1726

  Descours, G ^a,b,c,d   Suet, A ^a,b,c,d   Ginevra, C ^a,b,c,d   Campese, C ^e   Slimani, S ^a,b,c,d   Ader, F ^a,b,c,f   Che, D ^e   Lina, G ^a,b,c,d   Jarraud, S ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^f CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; AMOEBA (GENUS); ARTICLE; AXENIC CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84859961212     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06531-11     Document Type: Article

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