Modern methods for diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Reviews in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 24-31

  Sillis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0027512108     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: 14735601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-199301000-00004     Document Type: Article

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