Rickettsia sibirica subsp. mongolitimonae infection and retinal vasculitis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 683-684

  Caron, Julie ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Mura, Frédéric ^a   Guillot, Bernard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^b   Bessis, Didier ^a,c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN;

ADULT; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DATA BASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA EXTRACTION; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETINA VASCULITIS; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 42049089329     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1404.070859     Document Type: Letter

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