Severe case of Mediterranean spotted fever in Greece with predominantly neurological features

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-343

  Tzavella, Konstantina ^a   Hatzizisis, Ioannis S ^a   Vakali, Aikaterini ^a   Mandraveli, Kalliopi ^a   Zioutas, Dimitrios ^a   Alexiou Daniel, Stella ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MANNITOL;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GREECE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DOXYCYCLINE; GREECE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645101240     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46337-0     Document Type: Article

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