Circulating cytokines and procalcitonin in acute Q fever granulomatous hepatitis with poor response to antibiotic and short-course steroid therapy: a case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Q fever is a zoonosis distributed worldwide that is caused by <it>Coxiella burnetii </it>infection and the defervescence usually occurs within few days of appropriate antibiotic therapy. Whether the changes of cytokine le...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/193 |