Comparison of nasopharyngeal and throat swabs for the detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae by polymerase chain reaction

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 104, 1997, Pages 11-12

  Gnarpe, Judy ^a   Lundbäck, Annika ^a   Gnarpe, Håkan ^a   Sundelof B O ^a  

^a GÄVLE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROAT CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030611310     PISSN: 03008878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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