Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis: A case series from a medical center in New York State

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 904-908

  Aguero Rosenfeld, Maria E ^a   Horowitz, Harold W ^a   Wormser, Gary P ^a   McKenna, Donna F ^a   Nowakowski, John ^a   Muñoz, José ^b   Dumler, J Stephen ^c  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030318672     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-11-199612010-00006     Document Type: Article

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