Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: A case report

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 727-728

  Krusell, Allan ^a   Comer, James A ^b,d   Sexton, Daniel J ^c  

^a Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIALPOX; RICKETTSIOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036315602     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0807.010501     Document Type: Article

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