Continuous isolation and characterization of Chlamydia pneumoniae from a patient with diffuse panbronchiolitis

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 547-552

  Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Matsumoto, Akira ^a   Kubota, Yoshifumi ^a   Nakajima, Masamitsu ^a   Niki, Yoshihito ^a   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Diffuse panbronchiolitis; Persistent infection; Serological response

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; SPARFLOXACIN; TOSUFLOXACIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HELA CELL; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PERSISTENT INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029787105     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01107.x     Document Type: Article

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