Rickettsial infection in hospitalised patients in central Tunisia: Report of 119 cases

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 216-217

  Kaabia, N ^a   Bellazreg, F ^a   Hachfi, W ^a   Khalifa, M ^a   Ghanouchi, N ^a   Bahri, F ^a   Letaief, A ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASTHENIA; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUNISIA; TYPHUS; VOMITING;

EID: 73049118438     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02139.x     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Raoult D, Roux R. Rickettsioses as paradigms of new or emerging infectious diseases. Clin Microbiol Rev 1997, 10:694-719.
2. Letaief OA, Dupont HT, Bahri F, Raoult D, Jemni L. Etude séroépidémiologique chez 300 malades fébriles hospitalisés dans un service de médecine et maladies infectieuses. Med Mal Infect 1997, RICAI 27:663-666.
3. Kaabia N, Rolain JM, Khalifa M. Serologic study of rickettsioses among acute febrile patients in central Tunisia. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006, 1078:176-179.
4. Brouqui P, Bacellar F, Baranton G, Birtles RJ. Guidelines for the diagnosis of tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe. Clin Microbiol Infect 2004, 10(12):1108-1132.
5. Mouffok N, Benabdellah A, Richet H. Reemergence of rickettsiosis in Oran, Algeria. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006, 1078:180-184.