Gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestations of human ehrlichiosis: 8 Cases and a review of the literature

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-43

  Nutt, Angela K ^a   Raufman, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Ehrlichiosis; Granulocytic ehrlichiosis, human; Monocytic ehrlichiosis, human; Rickettsia infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMACENTOR; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IXODES; LIVER; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSAMINASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032765786     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016901     Document Type: Review

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