Severe spotted fever group rickettsiosis, Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1742-1744

  McBride, William J H ^a   Hanson, Joshua P ^b   Miller, Robert ^c   Wenck, Drew ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FULMINATING PURPURA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 36248940356     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1311.070099     Document Type: Article

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