Application of Legionella pneumophila-specific quantitative real-time PCR combined with direct amplification and sequence-based typing in the diagnosis and epidemiological investigation of Legionnaires' disease

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2017-2028

  Mentasti, M ^a   Fry, N K ^a   Afshar, B ^a   Palepou Foxley, C ^a   Naik, F C ^a   Harrison, T G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIRECT SEQUENCE BASED TYPING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TARGETING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIP GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSPECIES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866357534     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1535-0     Document Type: Article

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