Murine typhus is a cause of fever of intermediate duration;Tifus murino como causa de fiebre de duración intermedia

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 208, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 371-

  Noureddine Lopez M ^a   Martin Escalante M D ^a   Romero Gomez C ^a   Garcia Alegria J J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCUBATION TIME; LETTER; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; RASH; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TYPHUS; VOMITING;

EID: 47249093149     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: 15781860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13124323     Document Type: Letter

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