Respiratory Chlamydophyla pneumoniae resides primarily in the lower airway

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 994-995

  Webley, W C ^a   Hahn, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ASTHMA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; PULMONARY MEDICINE;

EID: 80053540019     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00071711     Document Type: Letter

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