Simkania negevensis may be a true cause of community acquired pneumonia in children

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-130

  Heiskanen Kosma, Tarja ^a   Paldanius, Mika ^b   Korppi, Matti ^c  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROLOGY; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIALES; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38149045016     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701558680     Document Type: Article

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