Chlamydial infections in term and preterm neonates

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Bekler, Cigdem ^a   Kultursay, Nilgun ^a   Ozacar, Tijen ^b   Sayiner, Arzu ^c   Yalaz, Mehmet ^a   Akisu, Mete ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MACROLIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTION; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACROLIDES; MALE; OXYGEN; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 84856358912     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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