Chlamydia-related bacteria in respiratory samples in Finland

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 824-827

  Niemi, Suvi ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^b   Puolakkainen, Mirja ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia related bacteria; Chlamydiales; Parachlamydiaceae; Rhabdochlamydiaceae; Simkaniaceae; Waddliaceae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCHLAMYDIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHABDOCHLAMYDIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; WADDLIA CHONDROPHILA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHLAMYDIALES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

CANDIDATUS PROTOCHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIALES; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; RHABDOCHLAMYDIA; RHABDOCHLAMYDIACEAE; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; SIMKANIACEAE; WADDLIA CHONDROPHILA; WADDLIACEAE;

EID: 79960846638     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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