A prospective study evaluating the presence of Rickettsia in Danish patients with sarcoidosis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 745-752

  Svendsen, Claus Bo ^a,b   Milman, Nils ^c   Nielsen, Henrik Winther ^b   Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki ^a   Larsen, Klaus Richter ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CALCIUM ION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOAL RNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DENMARK; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; NIGHT SWEAT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROLOGY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THORAX PAIN; TICK; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 72449196783     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540903177727     Document Type: Article

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