Simkania negevensis in community-acquired pneumonia in Italian children

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-272

  Fasoli, Lolita ^a   Paldanius, Mika ^b   Don, Massimiliano ^a   Valent, Francesca ^a   Vetrugno, Luigi ^a   Korppi, Matti ^c   Canciani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 39349110895     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701642146     Document Type: Article

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