Clinical and laboratory spectrum of culture-proven human granulocytic ehrlichiosis: Comparison with culture-negative cases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1314-1317

  Horowitz, Harold W ^a   Aguero Rosenfeld, Maria E ^b   McKenna, Donna F ^b   Holmgren, Diane ^b   Hsieh, Tze Chen ^b   Varde, Shobha A ^b   Dumler, Stephen J ^b   Wu, Joseph M ^b   Schwartz, Ira ^b   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^b   Wormser, Gary P ^b  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032458788     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515000     Document Type: Article

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