Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR)

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 451-461

  Kuo, Cho Chou ^a   Jackson, Lisa A ^a   Campbell, Lee Ann ^a   Grayston, J Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

AGE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA PROBE; GENDER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0028825798     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.8.4.451     Document Type: Review

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