The importance of Chlamydia pneumoniae as a pathogen: The 1996 consensus conference on Chlamydia pneumoniae infections

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages

  File Jr , Thomas M ^a,n   Bartlett, John G ^b   Cassell, Gail H ^c   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^b   Grayston, J Thomas ^d   Hammerschlag, Margaret R ^e   Jones, Robert B ^f   Kahn, James B ^g   Marrie, Thomas J ^h   Ramirez, Julio A ⁱ   Saikku, Pekka ^j   Schachter, Julius ^k   Schumacher, H Ralph ^l   Stamm, Walter E ^d   Stratton, Charles W ^m   Yu, Victor L ^l  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Incorporated   (United States)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^j NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^k SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHITIS; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COUGHING; HEADACHE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; SORE THROAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 9844220846     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199711002-00002     Document Type: Short Survey

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