Lofgren's syndrome as the first manifestation of acute infection due to Chlamydia pneumoniae: A prospective study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 691-692

  Marie, Isabelle ^a,b   Lecomte, F ^a,b   Levesque, H ^a,b   Janvresse, C ^a,b   Kerleau, J M ^a,b   Cailleux, N ^a,b   Courtois, H ^a,b  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032587725     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517223     Document Type: Article

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