Diagnosis and treatment of Q fever: Attempts to clarify current problems in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Watanabe, Akira ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saka General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Intracellular parasite; Intraspecies infection; Q fever

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHEM DERIVATIVE; CHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; Q FEVER VACCINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIRD; BRONCHITIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOCARDITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVESTOCK; MENINGITIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYELITIS; MYOCARDITIS; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NEURITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; Q FEVER; REVIEW; THYROIDITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; X RAY;

EID: 39749103482     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-007-0566-z     Document Type: Review

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