Evaluation of commercial amplification kit for detection of Legionella pneumophila in clinical specimens.

Category Primary study
JournalJournal of clinical microbiology
Year 1994
A commercial kit (EnviroAmp) designed to detect the DNA of Legionella species in environmental water samples using PCR and reverse dot hybridization was applied to clinical specimens. Results correlated well with culture for bronchoalveolar lavages. In addition, this test was easy to perform and showed good sensitivity.
Epistemonikos ID: 141b3d689de6a2914ce9ef9431916efc4ea5926e
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