Simkania negevensis: Is it a real respiratory pathogen?

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 161-166

  Kose, Mehmet ^a   Ekinci, Duygu ^a   Gokahmetoglu, Selma ^a   Elmas, Tuba ^a   Öztürk, Mustafa Kürşad ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Exacerbation of asthma; Pediatric pneumonia; Simkania negevensis in Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PATHOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIALES; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIALES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84938686014     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: 15882640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/030.62.2015.2.6     Document Type: Article

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