Respiratory tract infection due to Chlamydia pneumoniae in military personnel

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 104, 1997, Pages 26-29

  Csángó, Péter A ^a,c   Haraldstad, Sven ^b   Pedersen, Judith E ^a   Jagars, Garletta ^a   Føreland, Inger ^a  

^a Vest Agder Central Hospital   (Norway)

^b Training Camp for Infantry ^*  (Norway)

^c Vest Agder Central Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOLDIER; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE; VERTIGO; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHLAMYDIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNX; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0030611317     PISSN: 03008878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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