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Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report

Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report

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Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report

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Full title

Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report

Publisher

Tokyo: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Journal title

Journal of general and family medicine, 2017-06, Vol.18 (3), p.139-143

Language

English

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Tokyo: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

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Contents

It is critical to diagnose and treat Legionella pneumonia (LP) immediately after infection because of the associated high mortality. The urine antigen test (UAT) is often used for the diagnosis of LP; however, it cannot detect the serogroups of all Legionella species. A detained medical history and several clinical findings such as liver enzyme ele...

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Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5689406

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5689406

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ISSN

2189-7948,2189-6577

E-ISSN

2189-7948

DOI

10.1002/jgf2.16

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