Circulating nucleic acids of Chlamydia pneumoniae and cytomegalovirus in patients undergoing coronary angiography

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 596-600

  Smieja, M ^a   Chong, S ^a   Natarajan, M ^a   Petrich, A ^a   Rainen, L ^a   Mahony, J B ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0035129619     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.596-600.2001     Document Type: Article

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