Coxiella burnetii and acute exacerbations/infections in patients with chronic lung disease

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 619-621

  Okimoto, Niro ^a   Kibayashi, Takashi ^a   Mimura, Kimihiro ^a   Yamato, Kenji ^a   Kurihara, Takeyuki ^a   Honda, Yoshihiro ^a   Osaki, Kohichi ^a   Asaoka, Naoko ^a   Ohba, Hideo ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic lung disease; Coxiella burnetii; Q fever

Indexed keywords

CEFDITOREN PIVOXIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; Q FEVER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; Q FEVER; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34250781617     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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