Dual infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis and a spotted fever group Rickettsia: A case report

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 311-316

  Sexton, Daniel J ^a   Corey, G Ralph ^a   Carpenter, Christopher ^a   Kong, Li Quo ^a   Gandhi, Tejel ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward ^b   Hegarty, Barbara ^b   Chen, Sheng Ming ^c   Feng, Hui Min ^c   Yu, Xue Jie ^c   Olano, Juan ^c   Walker, David H ^c   Dumler, Stephen J ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; BABESIA MICROTI; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPONATREMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RASH; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 0031807465     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0402.980222     Document Type: Review

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