Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae infections in children with pneumonia

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 241-245

  Esposito, S ^a   Blasi, F ^a   Bellini, F ^a   Allegra, L ^a   Principi, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOST; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034960275     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.01.17202410     Document Type: Article

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