Mediterranean spotted fever: A review of fifteen cases

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-107

  Mert, Ali ^a,b   Ozaras, Resat ^a   Tabak, Fehmi ^a   Bilir, Muammer ^a   Ozturk, Recep ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fever; Mediterranean spotted fever; Rash

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MYALGIA; PETECHIA; PREDICTION; RASH; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; TACHE NOIRE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644834156     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2006.00021.x     Document Type: Review

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