Identification of Chlamydia trachomatis in a patient with ocular lymphoma

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 597-599

  Contini, Carlo ^a   Seraceni, Silva ^a   Carradori, Silvia ^b   Cultrera, Rosario ^a   Perri, Paolo ^a   Lanza, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE BIOPSY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCULAR ADNEXA LYMPHOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHOLE BODY CT;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DOXYCYCLINE; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 69549130533     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21477     Document Type: Article

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