Lyme disease complicated by the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 437-438

  Maloy, Anna L ^a   Black, Robert D ^a   Segurola Jr , Romualdo J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Jarisch Herxheimer reaction; Lyme disease; Neurosyphilis; Relapsing fever; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; FEVER; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LYME DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 0032076930     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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