Septicaemia with Rickettsia helvetica in a patient with acute febrile illness, rash and myasthenia

Journal of Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-82

  Nilsson, K ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Febrile illness; PCR; Rash; Rickettsia; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTERITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYALGIA; MYASTHENIA; NECK MUSCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPHOBIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RASH; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEPTICEMIA; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TICK BITE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXANTHEMA; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEPSIS;

EID: 58949100347     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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