Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae by polymerase chain reaction-enzyme immunoassay in intestinal mucosal biopsies from patients with inflammatory bowel disease and controls

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 987-993

  Chen, Wangxue ^a,b   Li, Dong ^a   Wilson, Ian ^a   Chadwick, Vinton S ^a  

^a Wakefield Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Crohn's disease; Etiology; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTERITIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0036378320     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2002.02793.x     Document Type: Article

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