Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in Children with Community Acquired Pneumonia

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 717-721

  Chaudhry, R ^a   Nazima, N ^a   Dhawan, Benu ^a   Kabra, S K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

C. pneumoniae; Community acquired pneumonia; Indian children; M. Pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0032148965     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02731050     Document Type: Article

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