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Circulating cytokines and procalcitonin in acute Q fever granulomatous hepatitis with poor response to antibiotic and short-course steroid therapy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Q fever is a zoonosis distributed worldwide that is caused by Coxiella burnetii infection and the defervescence usually occurs within few days of appropriate antibiotic therapy. Whether the changes of cytokine levels are associated with acute Q fever with persistent fever despite antibio...

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Autores principales: Lai, Chung-Hsu, Lin, Jiun-Nong, Chang, Lin-Li, Chen, Yen-Hsu, Lin, Hsi-Hsun
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20594295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-193