A possible association between Chlamydiae psittacci infection and temporal arteritis

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 550-552

  Bonnet, Fabrice ^a   Morlat, Philippe ^a   Delevaux, Isabelle ^a   Gavinet, Anne Marie ^a   Parrens, Marie ^b   Bernard, Noëlle ^a   Lacoste, Denis ^a   Beylot, Jacques ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Psittacosis; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LUNG DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034542043     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(00)00205-0     Document Type: Article

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