Immune response to Fusobacterium nucleatum and Prevotella intermedia in the sputum of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 832-833

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b   Frazier, Edith H ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis; Fusobacterium spp; Immune response; Prevotella spp

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0141447229     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.3.832     Document Type: Article

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