Clinical findings and diagnosis in human granulocytic anaplasmosis: A case series from Massachusetts

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-239

  Weil, Ana A ^a   Baron, Elinor L ^b,c   Brown, Catherine M ^d   Drapkin, Mark S ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857958192     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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