Chlamydia sp. in hospitalised children with community acquired pneumonia

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 216-218

  Jain, R ^a   Jain, Amita ^a   Agarwal, J ^a   Awasthi, S ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chlamydia species; Community acquired pneumonia; MIF; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33947520642     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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