Comparison of quantitative and semiquantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for immunoglobulin G against Chlamydophila pneumoniae to a microimmunofluorescence test for use with patients with respiratory tract infections.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on June 01, 2004

Authors

Corinna Hermann1, Katja Gueinzius, Albrecht Oehme, Sonja Von Aulock, Eberhard Straube, Thomas Hartung

Author Affiliations

1: Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Constance, Germany. corinna.hermann@uni-konstanz.de

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