Outbreak of African tick-bite fever in six Italian tourists returning from South Africa

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-136

  Caruso, G ^a   Zasio, C ^a   Guzzo, F ^a   Granata, C ^a   Mondardini, V ^a   Guerra, E ^a   Macri E ^a   Benedetti, P ^b  

^a SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; ITALY; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; TICKS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0036194681     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-001-0663-3     Document Type: Article

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