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Rapid identification of Legionella pneumophila serogroups by latex agglutination

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  1. Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine Laennec IFR 62, Centre National de Référence des Legionella (CNRL) INSERM E-230, 7 rue Guillaume Paradin, 69372, Lyon Cedex 08, France

    M. Reyrolle, S. Jarraud & J. Etienne

  2. Service Immunologie Research Department, bioMérieux, 69280, Marcy l’Etoile, France

    C. Ratat & M. Leportier

  3. Laboratoire de Microbiologie, EA3090, ISPB, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 8 avenue Rockefeller, 69373, Lyon, France

    J. Freney

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Reyrolle, M., Ratat, C., Leportier, M. et al. Rapid identification of Legionella pneumophila serogroups by latex agglutination. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 23, 864–866 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-004-1231-4

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