Granulomatous infections: Etiology and classification

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 146-158

  Zumla, Alimuddin ^b   Geraint James, D ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIACEAE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; GRANULOMA; HELPER CELL; MEASLES VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEMATODE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; SPIROCHETE; TREMATODE;

EID: 19244362559     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.1.146     Document Type: Review

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