A returned traveller with persistent fever due to murine typhus

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 457-459

  Ng, C P ^a   Lo, C B ^a   Wong, K K ^a   Chung, C H ^a  

^a NORTH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Disease vectors, endemic diseases; Fever; Typhus, endemic flea borne

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; FLEA; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; RASH; TRAVEL; TYPHUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; DOXYCYCLINE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 0036898099     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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