Acute Q fever in pregnancy: Report and literature review: BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 479-481

  Denman, J ^a   Woods, M ^b  

^a TOOWOOMBA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute Q fever; Chronic Q fever; Coxiella burnetii; Pregnant women; Q fever

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFECTION RISK; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349083526     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01933.x     Document Type: Article

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