Fibrin ring granulomas in Rickettsia typhi infection

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-325

  Restrepo, Marcos I ^a,b   Vasquez, E Martin ^c   Echeverri, Carolina ^c   Fiebelkorn, Kristin R ^d   Anstead, Gregory M ^a,b  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe   (United States)

^d University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever of unknown origin; Fibrin ring granuloma; Murine typhus; Rickettsia typhi

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; FIBRIN RING GRANULOMA; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SCINTIGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TYPHUS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 77349122080     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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