PCR and serology were effective for identifying Chlamydophila pneumoniae in a lower respiratory infection outbreak among military recruits

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 97-101

  Oktem, Ibrahim Mehmet Ali ^a   Ellidokuz, Hulya ^a   Sevinc, Can ^a   Kilinc, Oguz ^a   Aksakoglu, Gazanfer ^a   Sayiner, Arzu ^a   Ucan, Eyup Sabri ^a   Sezgin, Suleyman ^b   Ozdemir, Hikmet ^b   Yuksel, Bulent ^c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Air Force Technical School   (Turkey)

^c Narlidere Military Engineering School   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRONCHITIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SOLDIER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TURKEY;

EID: 34347348051     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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