Coxiella burnetii as a possible cause of autoimmune liver disease: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kaech, Chloe ^a   Pache, Isabelle ^a   Raoult, Didier ^b   Greub, Gilbert ^a,c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LIVER ENZYME; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; TOXIC HEPATITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 72449141516     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1752-1947-3-8870     Document Type: Article

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