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Legionella urinary antigen in early disease
S Bernander1, B Gästrin, S Löfgren
1Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
The results of Legionella urinary antigen testing were correlated to the interval between onset of disease and sampling of urine in 134 patients in connection with a large outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at a Swedish hospital. In 17 patients with the disease, 5/7 sampled during the first 5 days of illness proved negative in the urinary antigen test. The risk of obtaining negative results during the first days of the disease is emphasized.