Chlamydial disease: A crossroad between chronic infection and development of cancer

Bacteria and Cancer

Volumn 9789400725850, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-116

  Contini, Carlo ^a   Seraceni, Silva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; Cell culture; Chlamydia; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Chlamydia psittaci; Chlamydia trachomatis; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Chlamydophila psittaci; Doxycycline; Hsp; Macrolides; MALT lymphoma; MZL; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Ocular adnexal lymphoma; PBMC; PCR; Quinolones; RT PCR; TETR PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931362799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2585-0_4     Document Type: Chapter

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