First isolation of Rickettsia slovaca from a patient, France [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-

  Cazorla, C ^a   Enea, M ^b   Lucht, F ^a   Raoult, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA SLOVACA; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK; TICK BITE;

AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 0037243632     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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