Serology of Chlamydia pneumoniae in patients with chronic cough

Respirology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 805-808

  Kim, Woo Jin ^a,b   Lee, Hui Young ^a   Lee, Mi Eun ^b   Lee, Seung Joon ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Chronic cough; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33750050254     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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