Mediterranean spotted fever with encephalitis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-525

  Aliaga, Luis ^a   Sánchez Blázquez, Patricia ^a   Rodríguez Granger, Javier ^b   Sampedro, Antonio ^b   Orozco, Miguel ^a   Pastor, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; GADOLINIUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPULAR RASH; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PULSE RATE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SLURRED SPEECH; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BRAIN; DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGED; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; BRAIN; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE;

EID: 65649086457     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.004465-0     Document Type: Article

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