PNEUMOSLIDE IgM IFA

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST INFECTIONS IN HUMANS LEADING TO NEARLY 10% CASES OF ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA. MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE PRODUCES PNEUMONIA MOST FREQUENTLY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENCE. COXIELLA BURNETTI CAUSES Q FEVER LEADING TO ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA, HEPATITIS OR ENDOCARDITIS. CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE CAUSES RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS PARTICULARLY BRONCHITIS AND PNEUMONIA SPECIALLY IN ELDERLY PEOPLE & IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY 10% OF ALL CASES OF PNEUMONIA. ADENOVIRUS CAUSES UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT & PHARYNGOCONJUNCTIVAL INFECTIONS. IT MAY ALSO CAUSE LOW RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS. RESPIRATORY SYNCTIAL VIRUS (RSV) IS THE MAJOR CAUSATIVE AGENT OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN UNDER 2 YEARS OF AGE. INFLUENZA VIRUS MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH UNDERLYING PATHOLOGY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO REACH A CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS DURING EPIDEMICS AS IT CAN BE CONFUSED WITH OTHER RESPIRATORY DISEASES. PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS SEROTYPES 1, 2 & 3 CAUSE CROUP IN