Neurologic manifestations of human monocytic ehrlichiosis

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 358-362

  Standaert, Steven M ^a,d   Clough, Lisa A ^a   Schaffner, William ^a   Adams, John S ^c   Neuzil, Kathleen M ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG INDICATION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 0031687705     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199809003-00014     Document Type: Article

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