Infection by Chlamydophilia avium in an elderly couple working in a pet shop

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3011-3013

  Saito, Takashi ^a,b   Ohnishi, Jitsuko ^a   Mori, Yoshihiro ^a   Iinuma, Yoshitsugu ^b   Ichiyama, Satoshi ^b   Kohi, Fumikazu ^a  

^a Takamatsu Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTIAM; MINOCYCLINE; SULTAMICILLIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA AVIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORNITHOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSITTACOSIS;

AVES;

EID: 20444487329     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.3011-3013.2005     Document Type: Article

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