Chlamydia - Pathogens that are still often underestimated

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 225-229

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AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROXITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRACHOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING; BLOOD; CHLAMYDIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 17144396716     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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