Neurological complications of acute Q fever infection

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1051-1054

  Kofteridis, Diamantis P ^a,b   Mazokopakis, Elias E ^a   Tselentis, Yiannis ^a   Gikas, Achilleas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Meningitis; Q fever

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFUSION; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 12444260643     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-0108-2     Document Type: Article

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