First evidence of Anaplasma infection in Crete, Greece. Report of six human cases

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 8-9

  Chochlakis, D ^a   Psaroulaki, A ^a   Kokkini, S ^a   Kostanatis, S ^b   Arkalati, E ^b   Karagrannaki, E ^b   Tsiatis, K ^a   Tselentis, Y ^a   Gikas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Chania General Hospital St George   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GREECE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALAISE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANAPLASMA;

EID: 73049116939     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02695.x     Document Type: Article

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