Simplified Serological Diagnosis of Endocarditis Due to Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1147-1148

  Rolain, J M ^a   Lecam, C ^a   Raoult, D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARTONELLA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0344825748     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.6.1147-1148.2003     Document Type: Article

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