Typhus and other rickettsioses - Emerging infections in Germany;Fleckfieber und andere rickettsiosen: Alte und neu auftretende infektionen in Deutschland

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 106, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 348-354

  Dobler, Gerhard ^a   Wölfel, Roman ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Head lice; Molecular biology; Parasitosis; Rickettsiosis; Tick bite

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEPSIS; SYPHILIS; TYPHUS;

EID: 69849104658     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0348     Document Type: Review

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