Risk factors associated with life-threatening rickettsial infections

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 973-978

  Lee, Nelson ^a   Ip, Margaret ^a   Wong, Bonnie ^a   Lui, Grace ^a   Tsang, Owen Tak Yin ^b   Jak, Yiu Lai ^b   Kin, Wing Choi ^a   Lam, Rebecca ^a   Tak, Keung Ng ^b   Ho, Jenny ^a   Yin, Yan Chan ^a   Cockram, Clive S ^a   Sik, To Lai ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCRUB TYPHUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

RICKETTSIA;

EID: 47049090082     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.973     Document Type: Article

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