Chlamydial infections;Infecciones por clamidias

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 292-299

  Roca, Bernardino ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlamydiae; Genital infection; Respiratory tract infection; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; MICROORGANISM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; TRACHOMA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRACHOMA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 38449100853     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: 02127199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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