The first reported cases of Q fever endocarditis in Thailand

Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-18

  Pachirat, Orathai ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^b   Pussadhamma, Burapha ^a   Taksinachanekij, Suthep ^a   Lulitanond, Viraphong ^a   Baggett, Henry C ^c   Thamthitiwat, Somsak ^c   Watt, George ^c   Raoult, Didier ^b   Maloney, Susan A ^c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Endocarditis; Q fever; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CATTLE EXPOSURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER; Q FEVER ENDOCARDITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; THAILAND; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866787348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20367449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/idr.2012.e07     Document Type: Article

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