Serological Cross-Reaction between Legionella pneumophila and Citrobacter freundii in Indirect Immunofluorescence and Rapid Microagglutination Tests |
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| Authors: | J. J. Gray K. N. Ward R. E. Warren M. Farrington |
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| Affiliation: | Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. |
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| Abstract: | We describe the first case in which a diagnostic rise in titers of antibody to formalinized Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 yolk sac antigen was shown to be caused by a cross-reaction between L. pneumophila and another organism, Citrobacter freundii. |
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