Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the USA: a benign disease or a common diagnostic error?

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 587-589

  Raoult, Didier ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FATALITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 52049099414     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70210-X     Document Type: Letter

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