Q fever

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 518-553

  Maurin, M ^a   Raoult, D ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LINCOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; Q FEVER VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; Q FEVER; REVIEW; VACCINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032823634     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.12.4.518     Document Type: Review

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