Enhancement of Culture of Legionella longbeachae from Respiratory Samples by Use of Immunomagnetic Separation and Antimicrobial Decontamination

Legionella longbeachae is the commonest Legionella species identified in patients with community-acquired pneumonia in New Zealand. Isolation of the organism on culture is the gold standard for the diagnosis of Legionnaires disease, but it has poor sensitivity (40%) compared with quantitative PCR (q...

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Published in:J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors: Mohammadi, Ali, Chambers, Stephen T., Scott-Thomas, Amy, Lewis, John G., Anderson, Trevor, Podmore, Ros, Williman, Jonathan, Murdoch, David, Slow, Sandy
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7587110/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32817229
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01218-20
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