Chronic follicular conjunctivitis associated with Chlamydia psittaci or Chlamydia pneumoniae

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1335-1340

  Lietman, Tom ^a   Brooks, David ^a   Moncada, Jeanne ^a   Schachter, Julius ^a   Dawson, Chandler ^a   Dean, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031811233     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516373     Document Type: Article

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