Myocarditis, a rare but severe manifestation of Q fever: Report of 8 cases and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1440-1447

  Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Etienne, Jérôme ^d   Harle, Jean Robert ^b   Habib, Gilbert ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q FEVER; RASH; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; Q FEVER;

EID: 0035873659     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320159     Document Type: Article

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