First isolation and genotypic identification of Rickettsia conorii Malish 7 from a patient in Greece

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 297-298

  Psaroulaki, A ^a   Germanakis, A ^b   Gikas, A ^a   Scoulica, E ^a   Tselentis, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Sitia   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; EDETIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; GOATS; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SHEEP; TICKS;

EID: 20044363805     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-1304-z     Document Type: Article

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