Comparison of the effectiveness of five different antibiotic regimens on infection with Rickettsia typhi: Therapeutic data from 87 cases

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 576-579

  Gikas, Achilleas ^a   Doukakis, Stephanos ^b   Pediaditis, John ^c   Kastanakis, Serafim ^b   Manios, Andreas ^c   Tselentis, Yiannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Chania General Hospital St George   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELAPSE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHUS;

RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 2442695296     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.576     Document Type: Article

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