Acute Q fever as a cause of acute febrile illness of unknown origin in Taiwan: Report of seven cases

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 295-297

  Ko, Wen Chien ^a,b   Liu, Jien Wei ^c   Chuang, Yin Ching ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acute Q fever; clarithromycin; Coxiella burnetii; fever of unknown origin; tetracycline

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; Q FEVER; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; Q FEVER; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030974695     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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