Indirect fluorescence and genic amplification for the determination of Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence in neonatal conjunctivitis;Prevalencia de Chlamydia trachomatis en conjuntivitis neonatal determinada mediante las técnicas de inmunofluorescencia y amplificación génica

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 758-765

  Valencia O, Carolina ^a,b   Prado J, Valeria ^a   Ríos, Maritza ^a   Cruz, María Antonieta ^a   Pilorget, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Chlamydia infections; Chlamydia trachomatis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHILE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, INCLUSION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034217986     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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