Urinary antigene and PCR can both be used to detect Legionella pneumophila in children's hospital-acquired pneumonia

• Glavni autori: Sayed-Yousef Mojtahedi (Autor), Aliakbar Rahbarimanesh (Autor), Samileh Noorbakhsh (Autor), Hossein Shokri (Autor), Saeedreza Jamali-Mo (Autor), Anahita Izadi (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: PAGEPress Publications, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Legionella pneumophila is the causative agent of more than 95% cases of severe Legionella pneumonia. Nosocomial pneumonias in different hospital wards is an important medical and pharmaceutical concern. This study aimed to detect Legionella with two methods: polymerase chain reaction [PCR] and detec...