Reinfection with the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 461-463

  Horowitz, Harold W ^a   Aguero Rosenfeld, Maria ^a   Dumler, J Stephen ^b   McKenna, Donna F ^a   Hsieh, Tze Chen ^a   Wu, Joseph ^a   Schwartz, Ira ^a   Wormser, Gary P ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION;

EID: 0032531106     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00007     Document Type: Article

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