In vivo and in vitro studies on Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection of the myeloid cells of a patient with chronic myelogenous leukaemia and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 499-503

  Bayard Mc Neeley, M ^a   Bansal, A ^b   Chowdhury, I ^a   Girao, G ^b   Small, C B ^b   Seiter, K ^b   Nelson, J ^b   Liveris, D ^b   Schwartz, I ^b   Mc Neeley, D F ^c   Wormser, G P ^b   Aguero Rosenfeld, M E ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; DOXYCYCLINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYUREA; METOPROLOL;

AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INCLUSION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; LEUKEMIA CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTES; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE;

EID: 2442512204     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.011775     Document Type: Article

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