African tick bite fever

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-76

  Tsai, Yi Shan ^a   Wu, Yu Hung ^a,b   Kao, Pao Tsuan ^c   Lin, Yang Chih ^a,b,d  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d LEE MING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

African tick bite fever; Rickettsia africae

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MINOCYCLINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE DURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PAPULOVESICULAR RASH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN NECROSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 39549114055     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60011-X     Document Type: Article

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