Murine typhus in Cyprus: 21 Paediatric cases

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 491-493

  Koliou, M ^a   Psaroulaki, A ^b   Georgiou, C ^a   Ioannou, I ^c   Tselentis, Y ^b   Gikas, A ^b  

^a Archbishop Makarios Hospital   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c VETERINARY SERVICES   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; LIVER ENZYME;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TYPHUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYPRUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 34347397778     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0310-8     Document Type: Article

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