Mixed infection by Legionella pneumophila in outbreak patients

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 307-313

  Coscollá, Mireia ^a,b,c   Fernández, Carmen ^d   Colomina, Javier ^e   Sánchez Busó, Leonor ^a,b   González Candelas, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Centro de Salud Nazaret   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Legionella pneumophila; Mixed infection; Outbreak; PCR products; Sequence based typing; Uncultured samples

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOKING; URINE; VOMITING; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; COINFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COINFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899637900     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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