A serologic study of organisms possibly associated with pertussis-like coughing

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 645-649

  Wirsing Von König, Carl Heinz ^a   Rott, Hannelore ^a   Bogaerts, Hugues ^b   Schmitt, Heinz Josef ^c  

^a Klinikum Krefeld   (Germany)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Mycoplasma; Parainfluenza virus; Pertusis like; Serology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0011236073     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199807000-00013     Document Type: Article

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