Q Fever Endocarditis in the South of France

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 570-573

  Raoult, D ^a   Etienne, J ^a   Massip, P ^a   Iaocono, S ^a   Prince, M A ^a   Beaurain, P ^a   Benichou, S ^a   Auvergnat, J C ^a   Mathieu, P ^a   Bachet, P H ^a   Serradimigni, A ^a  

^a Unité des Rickettsie   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BETA LACTAM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOCARDITIS; FRANCE; GUINEA PIG; HEART; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER;

EID: 0023122410     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/155.3.570     Document Type: Article

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