Ehrlichial infections

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-293

  Mounzer, Karam C ^a   DiNubile, Mark J ^a,b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b Education and Research Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TICK; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PANCYTOPENIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TICK BITE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; TICKS;

DOXYCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 0029665953     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-081X(96)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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