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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2000, p. 2738-2739, Vol. 38, No. 7
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Rapid Diagnosis of Legionnaires' Disease Using an
Immunochromatographic Assay for Legionella pneumophila
Serogroup 1 Antigen in Urine during an Outbreak in The
Netherlands
Peter C.
Wever,1,*
Ed P. F.
Yzerman,2
Ed J.
Kuijper,1
Peter
Speelman,3 and
Jacob
Dankert1
Department of Medical
Microbiology1 and Department of
Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and
AIDS,3 Academic Medical Center, University of
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, and the Laboratory of Public Health,
Haarlem,2 The Netherlands
Received 19 January 2000/Returned for modification 3 March
2000/Accepted 17 April 2000
A new immunochromatographic assay for rapid qualitative detection
of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen in urine
specimens was used during an outbreak of legionellosis in The
Netherlands. The assay seems of the utmost value in providing a rapid
diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease in patients with severe
community-acquired pneumonia in an outbreak setting.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Medical Microbiology L1-104, Academic Medical Center, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 (0)20 566 9111. Fax: 31 (0)20 697 9271. E-mail: p.c.wever{at}amc.uva.nl.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2000, p. 2738-2739, Vol. 38, No. 7
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
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