Multiple genotypes of chlamydia pneumoniae identified in human carotid plaque

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2285-2290

  Cochrane, Melanie ^a   Walker, Philip ^b   Gibbs, Harry ^c   Timms, Peter ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SPACER DNA; URIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 22144492952     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27781-0     Document Type: Article

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