Q fever: Current diagnosis and treatment options;Fièvre Q : actualités diagnostiques et thérapeutiques

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-94

  Million, M ^a   Lepidi, H ^a,b   Raoult, D ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Doxycycline; Endocarditis; Hydroxychloroquine; Q fever

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; OFLOXACIN; PLACEBO; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANEURYSM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIOLOGY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; REMISSION;

ANIMALS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 59349091125     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.07.008     Document Type: Review

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