Human monocytic ehrlichiosis in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 475-479

  Schutze, Gordon E ^a,g   Buckingham, Steven C ^b   Marshall, Gary S ^c   Woods, Charles R ^d   Jackson, Mary Anne ^e   Patterson, Lori E ^f   Jacobs, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^f East Tennessee Children's Hospital   (United States)

^g TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Ehrlichiosis; Tick; Tick borne

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RASH; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249807620     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318042b66c     Document Type: Article

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