Coxiella burnetii endocarditis in a child

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 911-913

  Al Hajjar, Sami ^a   Qadri, S M Hussain ^a   Al Sabban, Essam ^a   Jäger, Cornelie ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Endocarditis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA; CASE REPORT; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDITIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA; MALARIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SALMONELLA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; Q FEVER;

EID: 0030881837     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199709000-00020     Document Type: Article

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