Family outbreak of psittacosis with an exhumation-based diagnosis: Following in the footsteps of Dr. House

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 345, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 252-253

  Gelfand, Michael S ^a   Cleveland, Kerry O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical pneumonia; Cockatiel; Doxycycline.; Exhumation; Psittacosis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MOXIFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONFUSION; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; EXHUMATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETHARGY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALAISE; OBESITY; ORNITHOSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; SEROLOGY; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84874656239     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31826e366a     Document Type: Article

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