Poor correlation between microimmunofluorescence serology and polymerase chain reaction for detection of vascular Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in coronary artery disease patients

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-106

  Maass, Matthias ^a   Gieffers, Jens ^a   Krause, Eike ^a   Engel, Peter M ^a   Bartels, Claus ^a   Solbach, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Microimmunofluorescence test; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0031758995     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050080     Document Type: Article

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