Rapid diagnosis of respiratory Chlamydia pneumoniae infection by nested touchdown polymerase chain reaction compared with culture and antigen detection by EIA

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1523-1526

  Boman, Jens ^a   Allard, Annika ^b   Persson, Kenneth ^b   Lundborg, Mikael ^b   Juto, Per ^b   Wadell, Göran ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0030960414     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516492     Document Type: Article

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