Diagnostic value of an ELISA using a recombinant 54-kDa species-specific protein from

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 470-477

  Sueur, J M ^a   Beaumont, K ^b   Cabioch, T ^b   Orfila, J ^b   Betsou, Fay ^b  

^a Laboratoire Départemental de la Somme   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Cpn0980 recombinant protein; Diagnosis; ELISA; IgG; IgM

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33645648245     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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