Index of Suspicion

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 1990-1995

  Patel, Uptal D ^a,c,d   Hollander, Harry ^b   Saint, Sanjay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACILLARY ANGIOMATOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BIOPSY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPH NODE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 3843148643     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps032937     Document Type: Article

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