Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction associated with ciprofloxacin administration for tick-borne relapsing fever

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 571-573

  Webster, Gregory ^a   Schiffman, Joshua D ^a   Dosanjh, Amarjit S ^a   Amieva, Manuel R ^a   Gans, Hayley A ^a   Sectish, Theodore C ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Ciprofloxacin; Jarisch Herxheimer reaction; Relapsing fever

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTOKINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FEVER; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEPSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TICK BITE; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, FLUOROQUINOLONE; BORRELIA; CASE REPORT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; RELAPSING FEVER; SHOCK, SEPTIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035990430     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200206000-00020     Document Type: Article

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