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J Clin Microbiol
; 50(5): 1725-6, 2012 May.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22322354
RESUMO
We evaluated the contribution of amoebic coculture to the recovery of Legionella spp. from 379 respiratory samples. The sensitivity of axenic culture was 42.1%. The combination of axenic culture with amoebic coculture increased the Legionella isolation rate to 47.1%. Amoebic coculture was particularly efficient in isolating Legionella spp. from respiratory samples contaminated with oropharyngeal flora.