Japanese spotted fever involving the central nervous system: Two case reports and a literature review

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3874-3876

  Araki, Manabu ^a   Takatsuka, Katsuya ^a   Kawamura, Junichiro ^a   Kanno, Yuko ^a  

^a Okanami General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE SPOTTED FEVER; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIOSIS;

BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); JAPONICA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0036790174     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3874-3876.2002     Document Type: Article

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