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

Yousef Mojtahedi, Sayed; Rahbarimanesh, Aliakbar; Noorbakhsh, Samileh; Shokri, Hossein; Reza Jamali Moghadam, Saeed; Izadi, Anahita

doi:10.4081/ejtm.2019.8120

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

Published in European Journal of Translational Myology • May 7, 2019

Authors:

Sayed Yousef Mojtahedi

Aliakbar Rahbarimanesh

Samileh Noorbakhsh

Abstract

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...

Subject

Legionella

Medicine

Pneumonia

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