Kawasaki disease and Anaplasma sp. infection of an infant in Cyprus

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Chochlakis, Dimosthenis ^a   Koliou, Maria ^b,c   Ioannou, Ioannis ^d   Tselentis, Yannis ^a   Psaroulaki, Anna ^a  

^a Parasitology   (Greece)

^b Archbishop Makarios Hospital   (Cyprus)

^c Cyprus Institute of Biomedical Sciences   (Cyprus)

^d VETERINARY SERVICES   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Infant; Kawasaki

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CYPRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CYPRUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 60849110555     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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