Concomitant or consecutive infection with Coxiella burnetti, tickborne diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-88

  Rolain, J M ^a   Gouriet, F ^a   Brouqui, P ^a,b   Larrey, D ^c   Janbon, F ^d   Vene, S ^e   Jarnestrom, V ^f   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^d GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^f KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFPODOXIME; CEFUROXIME; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; JOSAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUPERINFECTION; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 11144231973     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426440     Document Type: Article

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