Association of Rickettsia helvetica with chronic perimyocarditis in sudden cardiac death

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9185, 1999, Pages 1169-1173

  Nilsson, Kenneth ^a,c   Lindquist, Olle ^b   Påhlson, Carl ^a,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RABBIT ANTISERUM; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM; GIEMSA STAIN; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH; SWEDEN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PROTEUS; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA;

EID: 0033517485     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04093-3     Document Type: Article

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