Clinical and laboratory evolution of a culture-confirmed case of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 265-270

  Hossain, Deloar ^c   Aguero Rosenfeld, Maria E ^c   Horowitz, Harold W ^c   Wu, Joseph M ^a   Hsieh, Tze Chen ^a   Sachdeva, Neeraj ^c   Peterson, Stephen J ^c   Dumler, J Stephen ^b   Wormser, Gary P ^c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; DOXYCYCLINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL STRAIN HL 60; DISEASE COURSE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEVER; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE;

EID: 0033027575     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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