Ehrlichiosis with severe pulmonary manifestations despite early treatment

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 336-339

  Weaver, Rose Ann Rigby ^a,b   Virella, Gabriel ^a   Weaver, Amy ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUROSEMIDE; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; ANURIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG COMPLICATION; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0032989653     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199903000-00018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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