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Prevalance of antibodies to 15 antigens of Legionellacae in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

M. McIntyre ,
J. B. Kurtz  and
J. B. Selkon
M. McIntyre
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford
J. B. Kurtz
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford
J. B. Selkon
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford
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Sera from 252 patients with community-acquired pneumonia were examined for the presence of antibodies to 15 antigens of 7 Legionella spp. by indirect immunofluorescent antibody testing. The sera had been collected as part of the British Thoracic Society/Public Health Laboratory Service study of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. We also examined sera from 20 patients with gram-negative sepsis.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 104 , Issue 1 , February 1990 , pp. 39 - 45
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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