Frequency of Clamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in children

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 225-231

  Sidal, Mujgan ^a   Kilic, Ayse ^a   Unuvar, Emin ^b   Oguz, Fatma ^a   Onel, Mustafa ^b   Agacfidan, Ali ^b   Aydin, Derya ^b   Koksalan, Kaya ^b   Beka, Hayati ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Infection; Mycoplasma; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; SMEAR; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOM; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TURKEY;

EID: 34648823404     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm003     Document Type: Article

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