Q fever (Coxiella burnetii infection) and acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-80

  Okimoto, Niro ^a   Asaoka, Naoko ^a   Yamato, Kenji ^a   Honda, Yoshihiro ^a   Kurihara, Takeyuki ^a   Osaki, Kohichi ^a   Fujita, Kazue ^a   Ohba, Hideo ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brochial asthma; Coxiella burnetii; Q fever

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; Q FEVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; SEASONS;

EID: 13844307900     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.79     Document Type: Article

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