Fatal pancarditis associated with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in a 44-year-old man

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1424-1427

  Jahangir, Arshad ^b   Kolbert, Chris ^b   Edwards, William ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^b   Dumler, J Stephen ^b   Persing, David H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 0032466508     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515014     Document Type: Article

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