The clinical characteristics and genotype distribution of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in infants less than six months of age hospitalized with pneumonia

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-52

  Li, Yuefeng ^a   Xiong, Likuan ^a   Huang, Yan ^a   Xia, Yong ^a   Zhou, Hua ^a   Xu, Fen ^a   O'Sullivan, Matthew V N ^b,c  

^a Birth Defects Prevention Research and Transformation Team   (China)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Genotyping; Reverse line blot hybridization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHINA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYPNEA; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLASSIFICATION; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

DNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84910656642     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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