LEGIONELLA URINARY ANTIGEN IN EARLY DISEASE

Authors
BERNANDER S GASTRIN B LOFGREN S OLINDERNIELSEN AM
Citation
S. Bernander et al., LEGIONELLA URINARY ANTIGEN IN EARLY DISEASE, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 26(6), 1994, pp. 777-778
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365548
Volume
26
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
777 - 778
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(1994)26:6<777:LUAIED>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The results of Legionella urinary antigen testing were correlated to t he interval between onset of disease and sampling of urine in 134 pati ents in connection with a large outbreak of Legionnaires' disease al a Swedish hospital. In 17 patients with the disease, 5/7 sampled during the first 5 days of illness proved negative in the urinary antigen te st. The risk of obtaining negative results during the first days of th e disease is emphasized.