[PCR-diagnostics in investigation of Legionnaires' disease outbreak]

B I Nikonov; V V Romanenko; Iu V Zhukova; A L Durasova; T S Astakhova; S B Garanina

[PCR-diagnostics in investigation of Legionnaires' disease outbreak]

Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 2008 Mar-Apr:(2):44-6.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

B I Nikonov, V V Romanenko, Iu V Zhukova, A L Durasova, T S Astakhova, S B Garanina

PMID: 18467990

Abstract

Results of studies of biological samples from patients with community-acquired pneumonia and samples from environment during Legionnaires' disease outbreak in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma (Sverdlovsk region) in July-August 2007 performed by PCR analysis are presented.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology*
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Disease Outbreaks*
Environmental Microbiology*
Humans
Legionella pneumophila / classification*
Legionella pneumophila / genetics
Legionella pneumophila / isolation & purification
Legionnaires' Disease / epidemiology*
Polymerase Chain Reaction*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Water Supply / analysis*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial