Q fever-A review and issues for the next century

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 145-161

  Marrie, Thomas J ^a,c   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PEFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RASH; REVIEW; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0030916804     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(96)00369-X     Document Type: Review

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