Mediterranean spotted fever: A report of 200 cases in Tunisia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 209-210

  Romdhane, F B ^a   Loussaief, C ^a   Toumi, A ^a   Yahia, S B ^a   Khaiyrallah, M ^a   Bouzouaia N ^a   Chakroun, M ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; JOSAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUNISIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 73049089118     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02280.x     Document Type: Article

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