The acute phase reactant response to respiratory infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae: implications for the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis
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BACKGROUND Chlamydia pneumoniae infection can cause acute respiratory illnesses (including sinusitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia) that are sometimes associated with wheezing. Little is known about whether acute infection in a previously unexposed, nonasthmatic individual can produce persistent wheezing leading to a diagnosis of chronic asthma. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine whether patients ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbes and Infection
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1286-4579
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2010.04.001