Open AccessAccuracy of diagnostic tests for Legionnaires' disease: a systematic review
Author(s) -
Elisabete Cristovam,
Dejanira Almeida,
Daniel Caldeira,
Joaquim J. Ferreira,
Teresa Marques
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000454
Subject(s) - medicine , legionella , meta analysis , legionnaires' disease , confidence interval , serology , disease , immunology , antibody , legionella pneumophila , biology , genetics , bacteria
Rapid and effective diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease (LD) cases is extremely important so that timely and appropriate therapy can be provided, thereby lowering the morbidity and mortality rates and reducing the health and economic costs associated with this disease.
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