Molecular approaches to diagnosis of pulmonary diseases due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 548-551

  Abele Horn, Marianne ^a   Busch, Ulrich ^a   Nitschko, Hans ^a   Jacobs, Enno ^b   Bax, Ralph ^c   Pfaff, Friederike ^a   Schaffer, Beatrix ^a   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031964651     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.548-551.1998     Document Type: Article

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