Characterisation of inflammatory response, coagulation, and radiological findings in Katayama fever: A report of three cases at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lagler, Heimo ^a   Ay, Cihan ^a   Waneck, Fredrik ^a   Gattringer, Rainer ^b   Graninger, Wolfgang ^a   Ramharter, Michael ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Coagulation; Inflammation; Katayama; Radiology; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; D DIMER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PRAZIQUANTEL; THROMBIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; KATAYAMA FEVER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TANZANIA; TRAVEL MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903996288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-357     Document Type: Article

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