African tick bite fever in elderly patients: 8 Cases in French tourists returning from South Africa

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Roch, Nathalie ^a   Epaulard, Olivier ^a   Pelloux, Isabelle ^a   Pavese, Patricia ^a   Brion, Jean Paul ^a   Raoult, Didier ^b   Maurin, Max ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; SKIN BIOPSY; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TOURISM; VESICULAR RASH; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRAVEL;

EID: 47549116990     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589868     Document Type: Article

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