Ocular chlamydial infections: Clinicomicrobiological correlation

Cornea

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-65

  Rao, Srinivas K ^a   Madhavan, H N ^a   Padmanabhan, Prema ^a   Sita Lakshmi, G ^a   Natarajan, Kala ^a   Garg, Dinesh ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Adult inclusion conjunctivitis; Chlamydia trachomatis; Fluorescent antibody technique; Immunoperoxidase staining; McCoy cell culture; Rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHOMA;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030047797     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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