Azithromycin for acute Q fever in pregnancy

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 121, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 469-472

  Cerar, Daša ^a,c   Karner, Primož ^a   Avšič Županc, Tatjana ^b   Strle, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c NONE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Coxiella burnetii; Pregnancy; Q fever

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; Q FEVER; RIGOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; Q FEVER; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849102858     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-009-1180-0     Document Type: Article

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