Brazilian spotted fever: Description of a fatal clinical case in the state of Rio de Janeiro

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 523-525

  Sampaio De Lemos, Elba Regina ^a   Rozental, Tatiana ^a   Villela, Cid Leite ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL GERAL DE FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Fatal case; Rio de Janeiro; Spotted fever

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SPOTTED FEVER; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MYALGIA; PETECHIA; RASH; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; BLOOD; FATALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

EID: 0036453126     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822002000500017     Document Type: Article

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