First description of recurrent pericardial effusion associated with Borrelia burgdorferi infection

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-310

  Gasser, R ^a   Horn, S ^a   Reisinger, E ^a   Fischer, L ^a   Pokan, R ^a   Wendelin, I ^a   Klein, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ceftriaxone; Echocardiography; Heart; Lyme borreliosis; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 0032524144     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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