Prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in Thai children with community-acquired pneumonia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 749-750

  Likitnukul, Sasithorn ^a   Nunthapisud, Pongpun ^a   Prapphal, Nuanchan ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Pneumonia; Thai children

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 0041736136     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000078356.68105.d7     Document Type: Article

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