Is there a link between rheumatoid factors and typhoid fever? A report on three consecutive cases and literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 542-544

  Yang, Ching Huei ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid factors; typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RIGOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TYPHOID FEVER; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 79959205864     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2010.543429     Document Type: Article

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