Q fever endocarditis associated with extensive serological cross- reactivity

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 609-610

  Graham, Justin V ^a,b   Baden, Lindsey ^b   Tsiodras, Sotirios ^b   Karchmer, Adolf W ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; EHRLICHIA; ENDOCARDITIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RASH; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTIONS; EHRLICHIA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 0034119143     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313701     Document Type: Article

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