Myocarditis in a patient with Campylobacter infection

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1221, 2005, Pages

  Reda, Elham ^a   Mansell, Chris ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATINE KINASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TROPONIN T; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MELENA; MYOCARDITIS; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; T WAVE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DIARRHEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHEST PAIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIARRHEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FECES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27244455202     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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