Q fever endocarditis: An unusual presentation

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 344, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 480-484

  Griffin, Allen T ^a,b   Espinosa, Martin ^a   Nakamatsu, Raul ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Q fever

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INSULIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPNEA; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG EDEMA; LEG SWELLING; LUNG EDEMA; MALAISE; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; Q FEVER; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO;

EID: 84870949007     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3182684979     Document Type: Article

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