Severe Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in a lung transplant recipient: A review of ehrlichiosis in the immunocompromised patient

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 320-323

  Safdar, Nasia ^a   Love, Robert B ^a   Maki, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; DILTIAZEM; DOXYCYCLINE; MEROPENEM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; VALACICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 0036196045     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0803.010249     Document Type: Article

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