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. 1994 Dec;32(12):3068-9.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.32.12.3068-3069.1994.

Detection of mip gene by PCR for diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease

D S Lindsay  1 , W H Abraham, R J Fallon
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Detection of mip gene by PCR for diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease

D S Lindsay et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1994 Dec.

Abstract

The mip gene of Legionella pneumophila was demonstrated by PCR and probing in paired acute-phase and convalescent-phase sera from five patients with Legionnaires' disease but not in the acute-phase sera of 100 patients with pneumonia that showed no serological evidence of Legionella infection. PCR may help in cases presenting diagnostic difficulty.

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