Q fever endocarditis

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-31

  Mazokopakis, Elias E ^a,b   Karefilakis, Christos M ^a   Starakis, Ioannis K ^c  

^a Naval Hospital of Crete   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Q fever

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLOROQUINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; CRYOGLOBULIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OFLOXACIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG POTENTIATION; EYE TOXICITY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; Q FEVER; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VACCINATION;

EID: 77949420238     PISSN: 18715265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152610790410918     Document Type: Review

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