Lack of association between Kawasaki syndrome and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection: An investigation of a Kawasaki syndrome cluster in San Diego County

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-22

  Schrag, Stephanie J ^a,f   Besser, Richard E ^a   Olson, Christine ^b   Burns, Jane C ^d   Arguin, Paul M ^c   Gimenez Sanchez, Francisco ^a   Stevens, Valerie A ^a   Pruckler, Janet M ^a   Fields, Barry S ^a   Belay, Ermias D ^c   Ginsberg, Michele ^e   Dowell, Scott F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e San Diego County Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Etiology; Kawasaki syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED STATES; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0033977549     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200001000-00005     Document Type: Article

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