The bronchial lavage of pediatric patients with asthma contains infectious Chlamydia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1083-1088

  Webley, Wilmore C ^a   Salva, Paul S ^b   Andrzejewski, Chester ^b   Cirino, Frances ^b   West, Corrie A ^b   Tilahun, Yaphet ^b   Stuart, Elizabeth S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial lavage; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Culture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG FLUID; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 18644383172     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200407-917OC     Document Type: Article

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