The first report of human illness associated with the Panola Mountain Ehrlichia species: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Reeves, Will K ^a,c   Loftis, Amanda D ^b,c   Nicholson, William L ^c   Czarkowski, Alan G ^c  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AMBLYOMMA; ANAMNESIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 45249105797     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-139     Document Type: Article

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