Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the airway of adults with chronic asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 998-1001

  Kraft, Monica ^b   Cassell, Gail H ^b   Henson, Jan E ^b   Watson, Harold ^b   Williamson, Jan ^b   Marmion, B P ^b   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^b   Martin, Richard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031781980     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.3.9711092     Document Type: Article

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