Murine typhus in pregnancy: A case report from Cyprus

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 625-628

  Koliou, Maria ^a   Christoforou, Costas ^b   Soteriades, Elpidoforos S ^c  

^a Archbishop Makarios Hospital   (Cyprus)

^b Christoforou Obstetrics and Gynaecological Clinic   (Cyprus)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CYPRUS; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GESTATION PERIOD; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PREGNANCY; RASH; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RIGOR; TYPHUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYPRUS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34347359646     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540601124047     Document Type: Article

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