Antibody test for Legionella pneumophila detection

Legionella pneumophila is a ubiquitous, pathogenic, bacterium responsible for Legionnaires ’ disease (LD). The detection of these bacteria both in environmental and clinical samples is mainly performed by culture plate method which requires up to 10 days to obtain results. Nowadays, there are commercial antibodies against this bacterium, but they have not been tested against all subgrou ps of L. pneumophila sg 1 or serogroups 1-16 or their cross-reactions with other non-Legionella bacteria. Indeed, many of these antibodies became available when only 8 serogroups of L.
Source: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: Original article Source Type: research