Limits of the microimmunofluorescence test and advantages of immunoblotting in the diagnosis of chlamydiosis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 706-709

  Biendo, M ^a   Eb, F ^a   Lefebvre, J F ^a   Orfila, J ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029860097     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.6.706-709.1996     Document Type: Article

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