Q fever cholecystitis in an unvaccinated butcher diagnosed by gallbladder polymerase chain reaction

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-423

  Figtree, Mel ^a   Miyakis, Spiros ^a   Stenos, John ^b   Graves, Stephen ^b   Botham, Susan ^c   Ferson, Mark ^c   Krilis, Steven ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory   (Australia)

^c South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Health ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Polymerase chain reaction; Q fever

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; MALE; MYALGIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; VOMITING;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; Q FEVER;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 77952353971     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0209     Document Type: Article

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