A homeless man with maculopapular rash who died in Marseille, France

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Hemmersbach Miller, Marion ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^b   Brouqui, Philippe ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 2442705218     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/420751     Document Type: Article

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