Detection of chlamydia pneumoniae TWAR in human coronary atherectomy tissues

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 585-588

  Campbell, Lee Ann ^a   O’brien, Edward R ^a   Cappuccio, Alison L ^a   Kuo, Cho Chou ^a   Wang, San Pin ^a   Stewart, Douglas ^a   Patton, Dorothy L ^a   Cummings, Peter K ^a   Grayston, J Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROMA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029089895     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/172.2.585     Document Type: Article

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