Q fever: Underdiagnosed in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-58

  Chan, Jasper F W ^a   Tse, Herman ^a   To, Kelvin K W ^a   Li, Iris W S ^a   Tang, Bone S F ^b   Cheng, Vincent C C ^a   Yuen, K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Animals; Coxiella burnetii; Q fever; Tickborne diseases; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; Q FEVER;

ADULT; AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER;

EID: 76149093557     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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