Familial cases of psittacosis: Possible person-to-person transmission

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 580-583

  Ito, Isao ^a,b   Ishida, Tadashi ^b   Mishima, Michiaki ^a   Osawa, Makoto ^b   Arita, Machiko ^b   Hashimoto, Toru ^b   Kishimoto, Toshio ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia psittaci; Computed tomography; Microplate immunofluoroscence antibody technique; Ornithosis; Primary myelofibrosis; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; FLOMOXEF; MINOCYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MYELOFIBROSIS; ORNITHOSIS; PARAKEET; PNEUMONIA; SIBLING; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MYELOFIBROSIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSITTACOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036022284     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.580     Document Type: Article

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