Urban trench fever presenting as culture-negative endocarditis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-65

  Jenkins, N E ^a   Ferguson, D J P ^a   Alp, N J ^a   Harrison, T G ^b   Bowler, I C J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN;

AORTA VALVE PROLAPSE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 58149101570     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn118     Document Type: Article

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