Successful management of chronic multifocal Q fever osteomyelitis with adjuvant interferon-gamma therapy

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 810-812

  Neth, Olaf Werner ^a   Falcon, Dolores ^a   Peromingo, Estrella ^a   Soledad Camacho, Maria ^a   Rodríguez Gallego, Carlos ^b   Obando, Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic Q fever; coxiella burnetii; interferon gamma; osteomyelitis; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFADROXIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC MULTIFOCAL Q FEVER OSTEOMYELITIS; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 80051926979     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31821487f5     Document Type: Article

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