Difficulties in the diagnosis and management of a US servicemember presenting with possible chronic Q fever

Journal of Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-177

  Ake, Julie A ^a   Massung, Robert F ^b   Whitman, Timothy J ^a   Gleeson, Todd D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Endocarditis; Mitral regurgitation; Q fever

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY; SOLDIER; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; Q FEVER; SEROLOGIC TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75549084768     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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