Granulomatous hepatitis caused by Q fever: A differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 138-141

  Aguilar Olivos, Nancy ^a   Manzano Robleda, María del Carmen ^a   Gutiérrez Grobe, Ylse ^a   Chablé Montero, Fredy ^a   Albores Saavedra, Jorge ^a   López Méndez, Eric ^b  

^a LIVER RESEARCH UNIT   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Granulomatous diseases; Histopathology; Liver

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAPHORESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; Q FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WEAKNESS; BIOPSY; GRANULOMA; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; Q FEVER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878752992     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31396-1     Document Type: Article

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