Murine typhus : A forgotten cause of febrile illness in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-43

  Loh, K C ^a,b   Leo, Y S ^a   Heng, M K ^a   Goh, B C ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Endemic typhus; Evaluation; Rickettsia typhi; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SINGAPORE; TYPHUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE; TETRACYCLINE; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 0030076258     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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