Consequences of delayed diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children - West Virginia, Michigan, Tennessee, and Oklahoma, May-July 2000

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 49, Issue 39, 2000, Pages 885-888

  Minnich, L ^a   McJunkin, J E ^a   Bixler, D ^b   Slemp, C ^b   Haddy, L ^b   Busse, F ^c   Harrison, M ^c   Stobierski, M G ^d   Boulton, M L ^d  

^a CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources   (United States)

^c Lakeland Medical Center   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MICHIGAN; OKLAHOMA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TENNESSEE; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 0034612925     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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