Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis as a common cause of tick-associated fever in Southeast Sweden: Report from a prospective clinical study

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 187-191

  Bjöersdorff, Anneli ^a   Wittesjö, Bengt ^a   Berglund, Johan ^a   Massung, Robert F ^a   Eliasson, Ingvar ^a  

^a KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA 16S; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PENICILLIN V; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BORRELIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYALGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SWEDEN; TICKS;

EID: 0036214814     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110080061     Document Type: Article

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