Sub-acute neuropathy in patients with African tick bite fever

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-118

  Jensenius, Mogens ^a,b   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^g   Fladby, Tormod ^c   Hellum, Kjell Block ^c   Hagen, Tormod ^d   Priø, Tine ^e   Christiansen, Merete Skovdal ^e   Vene, Sirkka ^f   Raoult, Didier ^g   Myrvang, Bjørn ^b  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Buskerud Central Hospital   (Norway)

^e AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DOXYCYCLINE; GLUCOSE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TRAVEL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 32144452020     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500321579     Document Type: Article

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