Bacteremia can mimic temporal arteritis relapse in older patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1056-1057

  Lortholary, Olivier ^a   Généreau, Thierry ^a   Dray, Jean Marc ^a   Royer, Isabelle ^a   Soilleux, Marc ^a   Guillevin, Loïc ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; NETILMICIN; STEROID;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; RELAPSE; STEROID THERAPY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0031830217     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02773.x     Document Type: Letter

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