Acute Q fever in southern Taiwan: atypical manifestations of hyperbilirubinemia and prolonged fever

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-216

  Chang, Ko ^a,b   Lee, Nan Yao ^c   Chen, Yen Hsu ^a   Lee, Hsin Chun ^c,d   Lu, Po Liang ^a   Chang, Chia Ming ^c   Wu, Chi Jung ^c   Chen, Tun Chieh ^a   Hsieh, Hsiao Chen ^a   Ko, Wen Chien ^c,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Hyperbilirubinemia; Prolonged fever; Q fever; Southern Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HEPATITIS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; TAIWAN; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 38149048510     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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