Lyme endocarditis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Hidri, N ^a   Barraud, O ^a   de Martino, S ^b   Garnier, F ^a   Paraf, F ^a,c   Martin, C ^a   Sekkal, S ^a   Laskar, M ^a   Jaulhac, B ^b   Ploy, M C ^a  

^a LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

B. afzelii; Borrelia; Borreliosis; Endocarditis; Lyme

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDOCARDITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LYME ENDOCARDITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOKING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; IXODIDA;

EID: 84869125654     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12016     Document Type: Article

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