Prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in acute respiratory tract infection and detection of anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific IgE in Japanese children with reactive airway disease

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-170

  Ikezawa, Shigeru ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory tract infection; Anti C. pneumoniae specific IgE; Asthma; Children; Chlamydia pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035223378     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.48.165     Document Type: Article

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