Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever treated with ribavirin in a pregnant woman

Journal of Infection

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 281-283

  Dizbay, Murat ^a   Aktas, Firdevs ^a   Gaygisiz, Ummugulsum ^a   Ozger, Hasan Selcuk ^a   Ozdemir, Kevser ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever; Pregnancy; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIBAVIRIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NAIRO VIRUS; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERAL INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RIBAVIRIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049087749     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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