Legionella DNA

Indications

• evaluation of Legionellosis

Specimen

• respiratory fluid
• lung
• water
• store body fluids at 4 degrees C
• store tissue at -20 degrees C or below

Notes

• 15 serotypes of Legionella pneumophila
• amplification of macrophage infectivity potentiator gene (MIP) gene & the 5S rRNA gene has been used in identification of organisms

More general terms

• infectious agent nucleic acid

More specific terms

• Legionella longbeachae DNA
• Legionella micdadei DNA

Additional terms

• Legionella