Quantitative culture of Chlamydia trachomatis: Relationship of inclusion-forming units produced in culture to clinical manifestations and acute inflammation in urogenital disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1350-1354

  Geisler, W M ^a   Suchland, R J ^a   Whittington, W L H ^a   Stamm, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL INCLUSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0035890298     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323998     Document Type: Article

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