title: Ruling out false-positive urinary Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 and Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test results by heating urine.
abstract: We report here false-positive urinary Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 and Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test results due to rabbit antilymphocyte serum treatment and provide a simple and fast solution to rule them out by heating urine.
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Bactériologie-Hygiène, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pontoizeau
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Réanimation Médicale, Paris, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dangers
authors.affiliation: PRES Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Universite Paris 06, INSERM, U1135, Centre for Immunology and Microbial Infections, Team 13, Paris, France AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Bactériologie-Hygiène, Paris, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jarlier
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Réanimation Médicale, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Luyt
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Pharmacie, Paris, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guiller
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Pharmacie, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Fievet
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Bactériologie-Hygiène, Paris, France Department of Microbiology, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lecsö-Bornet
authors.affiliation: PRES Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Universite Paris 06, INSERM, U1135, Centre for Immunology and Microbial Infections, Team 13, Paris, France AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Bactériologie-Hygiène, Paris, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aubry
authors.affiliation: PRES Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Universite Paris 06, INSERM, U1135, Centre for Immunology and Microbial Infections, Team 13, Paris, France AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Bactériologie-Hygiène, Paris, France florence.brossier@psl.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brossier
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000652:urine*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014556:Urine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial