Analysis of children with Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae respiratory infections by real-time PCR assay and serological tests

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Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 477-483

  Otomo, Shinobu ^a   Yamamura, Jun Ichi ^b   Hayashi, Erina ^a   Nakamura, Tsuneyuki ^b   Kakinuma, Hiroaki ^b   Nakamoto, Yumi ^b   Takahashi, Hiroaki ^b   Karasawa, Tadahiro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila (Chamydia) pneumoniae; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Real time PCR; Serological tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49649092864     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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