Persistent hepatitis and repeated wheezing in an infant

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Kuroiwa, Yuki ^a   Oyanagi, Reiki ^a   Fuse, Shigeto ^a   Mori, Toshihiko ^a   Ueno, Hiroshi ^b   Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

^b Department of Veterinary Public Health

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Infant; Q fever

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MALE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; WHEEZING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; Q FEVER; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 34548810381     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3180f60bfe     Document Type: Article

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