New Approaches for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Legionnaires’ Disease
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The key role of diagnostic tests in clinical microbiology is the accurate and timely detection of an etiologic agent(s) causing infection to enable clinicians to provide the most effective therapy in an early stage. Unfortunately, the ideal test for Legionella spp. does not exist. Although diagnostic methods have improved during the 30 years since L. pneumophila was first described, no currently available test is able to detect all Legionella spp. timely with optimal sensitivity and specificity.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007