Parachlamydia acanthamoebae, an emerging agent of pneumonia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-28

  Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia like; Chlamydiae; Chlamydiales; Neochlamydia; Parachlamydiaceae; Review

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

AMOEBA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BRONCHITIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; COCULTURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE MODEL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION RISK; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFE CYCLE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG INFECTION; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAXONOMY; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; ZOONOSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PROTOCHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDIALES; MUS; NEOCHLAMYDIA; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; RHABDOCHLAMYDIA; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; WADDLIA CHONDROPHILA;

EID: 59349112150     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02633.x     Document Type: Review

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