Mediterranean spotted fever: Clinical and laboratory characteristics of 415 Sicilian children

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Colomba, Claudia ^a   Saporito, Laura ^a   Polara, Valentina Frasca ^a   Rubino, Raffaella ^a   Titone, Lucina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYALGIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; RASH; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SCORING SYSTEM; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 33645804047     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-60     Document Type: Article

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