Mediterranean spotted fever in Algerian children

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 290-291

  Mouffok, N ^a   Parola, P ^b   Abdennour, D ^c   Aouati, A ^c   Razik, F ^a   Benabdellah, A ^a   Raoult, D ^b  

^a Service des Maladies Infectieuses CHU Oran   (Algeria)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalo Universitaire Dr Benbadis Constantine   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; JOSAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; SPIRAMYCIN; THIAMPHENICOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALGERIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; PETECHIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE; VOMITING;

EID: 73049114219     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02241.x     Document Type: Article

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