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Localizing chronic Q fever: a challenging query

BACKGROUND: Chronic Q fever usually presents as endocarditis or endovascular infection. We investigated whether (18)F-FDG PET/CT and echocardiography were able to detect the localization of infection. Also, the utility of the modified Duke criteria was assessed. METHODS: Fifty-two patients, who had...

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Autores principales: Barten, Dennis G, Delsing, Corine E, Keijmel, Stephan P, Sprong, Tom, Timmermans, Janneke, Oyen, Wim JG, Nabuurs-Franssen, Marrigje H, Bleeker-Rovers, Chantal P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3766205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24004470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-413