Coxiella burnetii infection of aneurysms or vascular grafts: Report of seven cases and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 116-121

  Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^b   Casalta, Jean Paul ^b   Piquet, Philippe ^b   Tournigand, Pierre ^b   Branchereau, Alain ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031937405     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516255     Document Type: Article

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