Fatal human monocytic ehrlichiosis: A case study

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-293

  Pavelites, Joseph J ^a   Prahlow, Joseph A ^b,c  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b South Bend Medical Foundation   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Ehrlichiosis; Forensic pathology; Immunohistochemistry; PCR; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79960957283     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-010-9219-0     Document Type: Article

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