Perinatal transmission of the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 375-378

  Horowitz, Harold W ^a,e   Kilchevsky, Eitan ^b   Haber, Stuart ^c   Aguero Rosenfeld, Maria ^a   Kranwinkel, Ramon ^b   James, Edward K ^b   Wong, Susan J ^d   Chu, Frederick ^d   Liveris, Dionysios ^a   Schwartz, Ira ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c United Hospital   (United States)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^e WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0032491048     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199808063390604     Document Type: Article

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