Detection of Legionella Species in Clinical Samples: Comparison of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Urinary Antigen Detection Kits
- 1 October 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Infection
- Vol. 34 (5) , 264-268
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-006-6639-6
Abstract
Recently, two excellent methods have been used for the diagnosis of Legionnaires’ disease: urinary antigen detection and PCR. The purpose of the present study is to analyze and evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of three different urinary antigen detection kits as well as PCR.Keywords
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