Endocarditis after acute Q fever in patients with previously undiagnosed valvulopathies

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 818-821

  Fenollar, Florence ^a   Thuny, Franck ^b   Xeridat, Bernard ^c   Lepidi, Hubert ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Clinique Clairval   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; Q FEVER;

EID: 33644845299     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500402     Document Type: Article

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