Respiratory infection with chalmydia pneumoniae in middle-aged and older adult outpatients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 785-792

  Thom, D H ^a,b   Grayston, J T ^a   Campbell, L A ^a   Kuo, C C ^a   Diwan, V K ^a,c   Wang, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028080077     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02111337     Document Type: Article

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