Chlamydia trachomatis in the endometrium: Can surgical pathologists identify plasma cells? Commentary

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 327-329

  Mount, Sharon ^a   Mead, Philip ^a   Cooper, Kumarasen ^a  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Endometritis; Sexually transmitted disease plasma cells

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PYRONINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRONINE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0035512783     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125480-200111000-00002     Document Type: Note

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