Mediterranean Spotted Fever

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 515-530

  Rovery, Clarisse ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; JOSAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AFRICA; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 49849092140     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2008.03.003     Document Type: Review

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