Coxiella burnetii causing haemophagocytic syndrome: A rare complication of an unusual pathogen

Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 579-582

  Harris, P ^a,b   Dixit, R ^a   Norton, R ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Haemophagocytosis; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CHILL; CONVALESCENCE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT MONITORING; Q FEVER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BONE MARROW; COXIELLA BURNETII; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 82655174010     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0142-4     Document Type: Article

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