Laboratory Tests for Legionnaire's Disease.
Infect Dis Clin North Am
; 31(1): 167-178, 2017 03.
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ABSTRACT
Legionella pneumophila is one of the more recently discovered bacterial pathogens of humans. The last 2 decades have seen tremendous progress in the evolution of diagnostic tests, for detection and characterization of this pathogen and for defining the host response to infection. This has generated several diagnostic tools that span the range from simple immunologic assays to modern genome sequencing. This review describes the state of affairs of this continuously evolving field regarding the diagnosis of Legionnaire's disease and covers detection, assessment of antibiotic susceptibility, and epidemiologic characterization of isolates of L pneumophila and other pathogenic species within the genus.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedad de los Legionarios
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Técnicas Bacteriológicas
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Legionella pneumophila
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Infect Dis Clin North Am
Asunto de la revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos