Immuno-histochemical demonstration of the role of Chlamydiaceae in renal, uterine and salpingeal disease of the koala, and demonstration of Chlamydiaceae in novel sites

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 164-174

  Higgins, D P ^a   Hemsley, S ^a   Canfield, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Chlamydia; Chlamydophila; Koala; Macrophage; Metritis; Phascolarctos cinereus; Pneumonitis; Pyelonephritis; Salpingitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METRITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SALPINGITIS; XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY DISEASES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SALPINGITIS; UTERINE DISEASES;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 23844453854     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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