The first fatal case of Japanese spotted fever confirmed by serological and microbiological tests in Awaji Island, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 241-243

  Nomura, Tetsuhiko ^a   Fujimoto, Tsuguto ^b   Ebisutani, Chikara ^a   Horiguchi, Hidehisa ^a   Ando, Shuji ^b  

^a HYOGO PREFECTURAL AWAJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; MINOCYCLINE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DYSARTHRIA; ERYTHEMA; FATALITY; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; GAIT DISORDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARREST; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; JAPAN; JAPANESE SPOTTED FEVER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PURPURA; RASH; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 34548407857     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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