Human granulocytic anaplasmosis in eastern France: Clinical presentation and laboratory diagnosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-218

  Koebel, Christelle ^a   Kern, Aurélie ^a   Edouard, Sophie ^b   Hoang, Anh Thu ^a   Celestin, Noéline ^a   Hansmann, Yves ^a   Jaulhac, Benoît ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^b   De Martino, Sylvie Josiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; France; Human granulocytic anaplasmosis; Ixodes ricinus; PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; EDETIC ACID; GENTAMICIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPENIA; DRUG EFFECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROLOGY; SUMMER; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; FRANCE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84856606945     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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