Chlamydia pneumoniae in children with otitis media

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1090-1093

  Storgaard, Merete ^a   Østergaard, Lars ^b   Jensen, Jørgen S ^b   Farholt, Stense ^b   Larsen, Knud ^b   Ovesen, Therese ^b   Nødgaard, Hanne ^b   Andersen, Paul L ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030828836     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516087     Document Type: Article

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