Q fever in military and paramilitary personnel in conflict zones: Case report and review

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-137

  White, B ^a   Brooks, T ^b   Seaton, R A ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acalculous cholecystitis; Coxiella burnetii; Guillain Barr syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BILIRUBIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OSELTAMIVIR;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; AREFLEXIA; ARMY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFLUENZA A; IRAQ; JAUNDICE; LETHARGY; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; Q FEVER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SOLDIER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; WEAKNESS;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; Q FEVER; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 84876762683     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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