Real-time PCR detection and quantitation of Chlamydophila psittaci in human and avian specimens from a veterinary clinic cluster

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-273

  Branley, J M ^a   Roy, B ^a   Dwyer, D E ^b   Sorrell, T C ^b  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSITTACINE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE; URINALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSITTACIFORMES; PSITTACOSIS; ROXITHROMYCIN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 43449112982     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0431-0     Document Type: Article

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