Failure to detect Chlamydia pneumoniae in coronary atheromas of patients undergoing atherectomy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 957-962

  Weiss, Steven M ^a   Roblin, Patricia M ^a   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a   Cummings, Peter ^a   Patton, Dorothy L ^a   Schulhoff, Nancy ^a   Shani, Jacob ^a   Frankel, Robert ^a   Penney, Keith ^b   Quinn, Thomas C ^a   Hammerschlag, Margaret R ^a   Schachter, Julius ^a  

^a Box 56 ^*

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROMA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 19144369839     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.4.957     Document Type: Article

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