Diagnostic accuracy of PCR alone and compared to urinary antigen testing for detection of Legionella spp.: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 401-411

  Avni, Tomer ^a   Bieber, Amir ^a   Green, Hefziba ^a   Steinmetz, Tali ^a   Leibovici, Leonard ^a   Paul, Mical ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINALYSIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; LEGIONELLOSIS; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; URINE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLICATION BIAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84956608247     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02675-15     Document Type: Review

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