A case of acute monocytic ehrlichiosis with prominent neurologic signs

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1619-1623

  Grant, Arthur C ^a,b   Hunter, Stephen ^a   Partin, W Clyde ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MENINGISM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030860018     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.6.1619     Document Type: Article

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