Characteristics of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in hospitalized infants with lower respiratory tract infection

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-259

  Chen, Chun Jen ^a   Wu, Keh Gong ^a,b   Tang, Ren Bin ^a   Yuan, Han Chih ^a   Soong, Wen Jue ^a   Hwang, Be Tau ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Disease transmission, vertical; Hospitalization; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PEROXIDASE;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINORRHEA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34948868822     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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