Comparative diagnosis of neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis by polymerase chain reaction and McCoy cell culture

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 50-57

  Talley, A R ^a   Garcia Ferrer, F ^a   Laycock, K A ^a   Essary, L R ^a   Holcomb, W L ^a   Flowers, B E ^a   Loeffelholz, M ^a   Lewinski, C ^a   Pepose, J S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0027958669     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)73014-4     Document Type: Article

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