Human anaplasmosis: The first Spanish case confirmed by PCR

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 545-547

  García, Juan Carlos ^a,c   Nunez M J ^a   Castro, B ^a   Fraile, F J ^a   Lopez A ^a   Mella, M C ^a   Blanco, A ^a   Sieira, C ^a   Loureiro, E ^a   Portillo, A ^b   Oteo, J A ^b  

^a Hospital Do Salnes   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Medicina Interna   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Human anaplasmosis; Spain

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; MORULA; MYALGIA; NEUTROPHIL; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SORE THROAT; SPAIN; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM;

EID: 33845691423     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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