Chlamydia pneumoniae - A possible cause of reactive arthritis?;Chlamydia pneumoniae: Eine ursache der reaktiven arthritis?

Praxis

Volumn 90, Issue 47, 2001, Pages 2060-2063

  Bernhard, J ^a   Lehmann, Th ^a   Villiger, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Reactive arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; VIRULENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035936049     PISSN: 16618157     EISSN: 16618165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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