Endocarditis due to q fever in nova scotia: Experience with five patients in 1981–1982

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1983, Pages 978-985

  Haldane, E V ^a   Marrie, T J ^a   Faulkner, R S ^a   Lee, S H S ^a   Cooper, J H ^a   Macpherson, D D ^a   Montague, T J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCARDITIS; ETIOLOGY; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; Q FEVER; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COXIELLA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; Q FEVER;

EID: 0021058190     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/148.6.978     Document Type: Article

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