Evidence that Chlamydia pneumoniae Causes Pneumonia and Bronchitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1231-1235

  Grayston, J Thomas ^a   Aldous, Michael B ^a,b   Easton, Ann ^a   Wang, San pin ^a   Kuo, Cho chou ^a   Campbell, Lee Ann ^a   Altman, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHITIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BRONCHITIS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMAN; PERIODICITY; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNIVERSITIES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0027431507     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/168.5.1231     Document Type: Article

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