Antibody Response to Nitrogenase-Positive and -Negative Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains in Juvenile-Onset Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients and their First Degree Relatives: Lack of Differential Recognition of the Bacterial Nitrogenase

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-127

  Parra Campos, Víctor ^a   Escobar Gutiérrez, Alejandro ^b   Domínguez López, Ma Lilia ^a   Cancino Díaz, Mario ^a   Burgos Vargas, Rubén ^c   Granados Arreola, Julio ^d   Jiménez Zamudio, Luis ^a   García Latorre, Ethel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; NITROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NITROGENASE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0030324794     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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