Murine typhus: The first reported case from Victoria [1]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 482-

  Jones, Stephanie L ^a   Athan, Eugene ^a   O'Brien, Daniel ^a   Graves, Stephen R ^b   Nguyen, Chelsea ^b   Stenos, John ^b  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHUS;

EID: 2442429620     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06032.x     Document Type: Letter

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