Failure to detect the presence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in sarcoid pathology specimens

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2609-2611

  Blasi, F ^a   Rizzato, G ^c   Gambacorta, M ^c   Cosentini, R ^b   Raccanelli, R ^a   Tarsia, P ^a   Arosio, C ^a   Savini, E ^a   Cantoni, C ^a   Fagetti, L ^a   Allegra, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Polymerase chain reaction; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 15444357983     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10112609     Document Type: Article

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