Clinical prediction of endemic rickettsioses in northern Taiwan - Relevance of peripheral blood atypical lymphocytes

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 362-368

  Chen, Nan Yu ^a   Huang, Po Yen ^a   Leu, Hsieh Shong ^a   Chiang, Ping Cheng ^a   Huang, Ching Tai ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Lymphocytes; Q fever; Rickettsia infections; Scrub typhus; Typhus, endemic flea borne

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROBABILITY; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRUB TYPHUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TYPHUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60249092162     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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