African tick bite fever: A not-so-uncommon illness in international travelers

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1312-1314

  Owen, Cindy E ^a   Bahrami, Soon ^a   Malone, Janine C ^a   Callen, Jeffrey P ^a   Kulp Shorten, Carol L ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TICK BITE; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICKS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33750078967     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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