Current knowledge on Chlamydia pneumoniae, strain TWAR, an important cause of pneumonia and other acute respiratory diseases

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 191-202

  Grayston, J T ^a   Wang, S P ^a   Kuo, C C ^a   Campbell, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PNEUMONIA; REINFECTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCANDINAVIA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024535609     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01965260     Document Type: Review

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