American boutonneuse fever: A new spotted fever Rickettsiosis

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 207-210

  Goddard, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rickettsiae; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EUROPE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALAISE; MALE; MITE; MYALGIA; PAPULE; PATHOGENESIS; PUSTULE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; TICK BITE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942552379     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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