Rat-bite and rat-bite fever;Rattenbeet en rattenbeetkoorts

Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 61, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1693-1703

  Van Hooste, W L C ^a  

^a Preventieadviseur Arbeidsgeneesheer   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOT SOLE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAND PALM; HAVERHILL FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MYALGIA; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PETECHIA; PHARYNGITIS; PLAGUE; POLYARTHRITIS; RAT BITE FEVER; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPIRILLUM; SPIRILLUM MINOR; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; TULAREMIA; VOMITING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 28844475135     PISSN: 0371683X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/tvg.61.23.5002338     Document Type: Review

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