Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in pneumonia patients in four major hospitals in Trinidad

New Microbiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-351

  Nagalingam, N A ^a   Adesiyun, A A ^a   Swanston, W H ^a   Bartholomew, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chlamydia; Mycoplasma; Pneumonia; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 11844291315     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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