Multiple sclerosis associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae infection of the CNS

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 571-572

  Sriram, S ^a   Mitchell, W ^a   Stratton, C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031886333     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.2.571     Document Type: Article

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