Detection of respiratory viruses and atypical bacteria in children's tonsils and adenoids

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 369-370

  Drago, Lorenzo ^a   Esposito, Susanna ^a   De Vecchi, Elena ^a   Marchisio, Paola ^a   Blasi, Francesco ^a   Baggi, Elena ^a   Capaccio, Pasquale ^a   Pignataro, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONSILLITIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADENOIDS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; TONSIL; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 38149008695     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01819-07     Document Type: Article

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