Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA detection in peripheral blood mononuclear cells is predictive of vascular infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2074-2076

  Blasi, Francesco ^a   Boman, Jens ^c   Esposito, Gloria ^b   Melissano, Germano ^b   Chiesa, Roberto ^b   Cosentini, Roberto ^a   Tarsia, Paolo ^a   Tshomba, Yamume ^b   Betti, Monia ^a   Alessi, Marinella ^a   Morelli, Nicoletta ^a   Allegra, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0032751745     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315126     Document Type: Article

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