Acute hemorrhagic pericarditis in a child with pneumonia due to Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 520-522

  Tenenbaum, T ^a   Heusch, A ^a   Henrich, B ^b   MacKenzie, C R ^b   Schmidt, K G ^a   Schroten, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCARDITIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 11844284886     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.520-522.2005     Document Type: Article

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