A case of pleurisy associated with antibodies to Rickettsia conorii

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 437-440

  Alexiou Daniel, S ^a   Tea, A ^a   Ilonidis, G ^a   Antoniadis, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pleurisy; R. conorii

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFUROXIME; CILASTATIN; DICLOFENAC; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 0037870450     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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