Prevalence of chronic Q fever in patients with a history of cardiac valve surgery in an area where Coxiella burnetii is epidemic

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1165-1169

  Kampschreur, Linda M ^a,b   Oosterheert, Jan Jelrik ^a   Hoepelman, Andy I M ^a   Lestrade, Peter J ^b   Renders, Nicole H M ^b   Elsman, Peter ^b   Wever, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; COXIELLA BURNETII; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COHORT STUDIES; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 84864569358     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00185-12     Document Type: Article

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