Pulmonary thrombosis as a complication of a mediteraneen spotted fever;Une fièvre boutonneuse méditerranéenne compliquée d'une embolie pulmonaire

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 973-975

  Ben Brahim, H ^a   Loussaief, C ^a   Addad, F ^a   Ben Romdhane, F ^a   Chakroun, M ^a   Bouzouaia, N ^a   Ben Farhat, M ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Mediterranean spotted fever; Pulmonary embolism; Rickettsia conorii

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPARINIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MYALGIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750944784     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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