Follow-up of 686 patients with acute Q fever and detection of chronic infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1431-1436

  Van Der Hoek, Wim ^a   Versteeg, Bart ^b   Meekelenkamp, Jamie C E ^b   Renders, Nicole H M ^b   Leenders, Alexander C A P ^b   Weers Pothoff, Ineke ^b   Hermans, Mirjam H A ^b   Zaaijer, Hans L ^c,d   Wever, Peter C ^b   Schneeberger, Peter M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79958078386     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir234     Document Type: Article

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