Importance of species-specific antigens in the serodiagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis reactive arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1017-1020

  Bas, S ^a   Genevay, S ^a   Schenkel, M C ^a   Vischer, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Chlamydia trachomatis; MOMP; Pgp3; Sexually acquired reactive arthritis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MAJOR OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036735230     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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