Q Fever Pneumonia

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-41

  Marrie, Thomas J ^a  

^a Clinical Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community acquired; Coxiella burnetii; Pneumonia; Q fever

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRADYCARDIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDEMIC; EYE PAIN; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLAGUE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; Q FEVER; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SPLENOMEGALY; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; GOATS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; Q FEVER; SHEEP; ZOONOSES;

EID: 76549087017     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2009.10.004     Document Type: Review

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