Q fever osteomyelitis: A case report and literature review

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-172

  Merhej, Vicky ^a   Tattevin, Pierre ^b   Revest, Matthieu ^b   Le Touvet, Bastien ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Histopathology; Molecular biology; Q fever osteomyelitis; Serology

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; SUNSCREEN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BONE BIOPSY; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BONE AND BONES; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; Q FEVER;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 84857039434     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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