Spontaneous splenic rupture: A rare complication of Q fever in Australia [1]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 364-

  Wade, Amanda J ^a   Walker, Tim ^a   Athan, Eugene ^a   Hughes, Andrew J ^a  

^a BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DIAPHORESIS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; RIGOR; SEROCONVERSION; SPLEEN HEMATOMA; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENOMEGALY; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33645796260     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00276.x     Document Type: Letter

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