Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in the sera of patients with Q fever endocarditis or vascular infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4919-4924

  Fenollar, F ^a   Fournier, P E ^a   Raoult, D ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERUM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 8644257533     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.4919-4924.2004     Document Type: Article

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