No correlation between giant cell arteritis and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection: Investigation of 189 patients by standard and improved PCR methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1899-1901

  Njau, Florence ^a   Ness, Thomas ^b   Wittkop, Ulrike ^a   Pancratz, Thorsten ^a   Eickhoff, Meike ^c   Hudson, Alan P ^d   Haller, Hermann ^a   Wagner, Annette D ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Roche Diagnostics Ltd   (Switzerland)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 66749175208     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02438-08     Document Type: Article

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