Evaluation and comparison of multiple test methods, including real-time PCR, for Legionella detection in clinical specimens.

• Egile Nagusiak: Adriana Peci (Egilea), Anne-Luise Winter (Egilea), Jonathan B. Gubbay (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Legionella is a gram-negative bacterium that can cause Pontiac fever, a mild upper respiratory infection and Legionnaire's disease, a more severe illness. We aimed to compare the performance of urine antigen, culture and PCR test methods and to determine if sputum is an alternative to the use o...