Borrelia miyamotoi disease in the northeastern United States a case series

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 91-98

  Molloy, Philip J ^a   Telford, Sam R ^b   Chowdri, Hanumara Ram ^c   Lepore, Timothy J ^d   Gugliotta, Joseph L ^e   Weeks, Karen E ^a   Hewins, Mary Ellen ^a   Goethert, Heidi K ^b   Berardi, Victor P ^a  

^a Imugen   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hawthorn Medical Associates   (United States)

^d Nantucket Cottage Hospital   (United States)

^e Hunterdon Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLAGELLIN; GLYCEROPHOSPHODIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LEVOFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROPHOSPHODIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI DISEASE; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI INFECTION; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; CHILD; COMPLICATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; CHILD; COINFECTION; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938230459     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-0333     Document Type: Article

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