Suburban leptospirosis: Atypical lymphocytosis and γ-δ T-cell response

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1304-1307

  Barry, Michele ^a   Wisnewski, Adam V ^a   Matthias, Michael A ^b   Inouye, Sharon K ^c,d   Vinetz, Joseph M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Aging Brain Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; CANADA; DOGS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MEPHITIDAE; NEW ENGLAND; RACCOONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33750693106     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508537     Document Type: Article

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