Retinopathy in Rickettsia conorii infection: Case report in an immunocompetent host

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 384-386

  Leone, S ^a   De Marco, M ^a   Ghirga, P ^a   Nicastri, E ^a   Lazzari, R ^b   Narciso, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE EDEMA; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOPATHY; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; RICKETTSIA CONORII; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50649105495     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6291-9     Document Type: Article

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