Widely used, commercially available Chlamydia pneumoniae antigen contaminated with mycoplasma

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 419-424

  Verkooyen, R P ^a   Sijmons, M ^a   Fries, E ^a   Van Belkum, A ^a   Verbrugh, H A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA SEQUENCE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030986638     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-46-5-419     Document Type: Article

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