Presence of tropheryma whipplei in different body sites in a cohort of healthy subjects

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 243-245

  Qin, Shulin ^a   Clausen, Emily ^a   Lucht, Lorrie ^a   Michael, Heather ^a   Beck, James M ^b,c   Curtis, Jeffrey L ^d,e   Freeman, Christine M ^d,e   Morris, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Eastern Colorado Veterans Health Care System   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ASPIRATION; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTRIC SUCTION; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HSP65 GENE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI; ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; STOMACH; TROPHERYMA;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; STOMACH; TROPHERYMA;

EID: 84988951699     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201601-0162LE     Document Type: Letter

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