The occurrence of Legionella species other than Legionella pneumophila in clinical and environmental samples in Denmark identified by mip gene sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1004-1009

  Svarrer, C W ^a   Uldum, S A ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental samples; Legionella; MALDI TOF MS; mip sequencing; Patient samples; Species identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENMARK; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA ANISA; LEGIONELLA BOZEMANAE; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGE INFECTIVITY POTENTIATOR GENE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA ANISA; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI;

EID: 84866146516     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03698.x     Document Type: Article

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