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Late relapse of Q fever endocarditis

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  1. Dept. of Cardiology and Pulmonology, Charité – Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200, Berlin, Germany

    Andreas J. Morguet

  2. Dept. of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany

    Andreas Jansen

  3. Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France

    Didier Raoult

  4. Dept. of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany

    Thomas Schneider

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Morguet, A.J., Jansen, A., Raoult, D. et al. Late relapse of Q fever endocarditis. Clin Res Cardiol 96, 519–521 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-007-0522-z

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