Infection with Simkania negevensis in Brooklyn, New York

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 989-992

  Kumar, Swati ^a   Kohlhoff, Stephan A ^a   Gelling, Maureen ^a   Roblin, Patricia M ^a   Kutlin, Andrei ^a   Kahane, Simona ^b   Friedman, Maureen G ^b   Hammerschlag, Margaret R ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchiolitis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Pneumonia; Simkania negevensis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28044434163     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000183755.24578.0b     Document Type: Article

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