Rickettsia parkeri: A newly recognized cause of spotted fever rickettsiosis in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 805-811

  Paddock, Christopher D ^a,f   Sumner, John W ^a   Comer, James A ^a   Zaki, Sherif R ^a   Goldsmith, Cynthia S ^a   Goddard, Jerome ^b   McLellan, Susan L F ^c   Tamminga, Cynthia L ^d   Ohl, Christopher A ^d,e  

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

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642325810     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381894     Document Type: Article

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