Antigenic and molecular analyses of different Chlamydia pneumoniae strains
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SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF CHLAMYDIA PNEUlvlONIAE AND MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE BY PCR
Both C. pneumoniae and M. pneumoniae are common causes of respiratory tract infection. At present, both are still diagnosed in the laboratory retrospectively by serology. This is despite many publications which indicate that PCR, which is not retrospective, is extremely good at detecting these organisms. We thought that a single PCR test which could detect both organisms simultaneously in a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.3.620-623.1997