Severe Clamydophila psittaci pneumonia rapidly diagnosed by detection of antigen in sputum with an immunochromatography assay

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-249

  Toyokawa, Masahiro ^a   Kishimoto, Toshio ^b   Cai, Yan ^b   Ogawa, Motohiko ^b   Shiga, Sadashi ^b   Nishi, Isao ^a   Hosotsubo, Hideo ^a   Horikawa, Masayuki ^a   Asari, Seishi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia serology; Chlamydophila psittaci; Immunochromatographic test; Pneumonia; Rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLOMOXEF; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RNA 16S; SULPERAZON; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY ASSAY; MALE; ORNITHOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SPUTUM; TIME;

AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSITTACOSIS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644335376     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-004-0324-4     Document Type: Article

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