Human case of Rickettsia felis infection, Taiwan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1970-1972

  Tsai, Kun Hsien ^a   Lu, Hsiu Ying ^a   Tsai, Jih Jin ^b   Yu, Sheng Kai ^a   Huang, Jyh Hsiung ^a   Shu, Pei Yun ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFRADINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL HERPES; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARESTHESIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PYURIA; Q FEVER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; TAIWAN; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 57049176543     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1412.080525     Document Type: Letter

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