Chlamydia pneumoniae and chronic bronchitis: Association with severity and bacterial clearance following treatment

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 672-676

  Blasi, Francesco ^a   Damato, S ^b   Cosentini, R ^a   Tarsia, P ^a   Raccanelli, R ^b   Centanni, S ^a   Allegra, L ^a   Arosio, C ^a   Dotti, C ^a   Fagetti, L ^a   Forloni, M ^a   Grugnetti, A ^a   Lattuada, D ^a   Morelli, N ^a   Papetti, C ^a   Pravettoni, C ^a   Graziadei, G ^c   Torgano, G G ^c   Canetta, C ^c   Santus, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; STEADY STATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036344235     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.8.672     Document Type: Article

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