Reemergence of rickettsiosis in Oran, Algeria

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 180-184

  Mouffok, Nadjet ^a   Benabdellah, Anwar ^a   Richet, Hervé ^b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Razik, Fatiha ^a   Belamadani, Djamila ^a   Abidi, Saliha ^a   Bellal, Ramdane ^c   Gouriet, Frédérique ^b   Midoun, Nori ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a CHU Oran   (Algeria)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Oran ^*

Author keywords

Mediterrean spotted fever; Multiple eschar; R. Conorii; R. Felis; R. Typhi; Rickettsiose

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; JOSAMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURPURIC RASH; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SUMMER; TICK BITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33845704539     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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