Case report: A patient from Argentina infected with Rickettsia massiliae

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 691-692

  García García, Juan Carlos ^a   Portillo, Aránzazu ^b   Núñez, Manuel J ^a   Santibáñez, Sonia ^b   Castro, Begoña ^a   Oteo, José A ^b  

^a Hospital Comarcal do Salnes   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; GABAPENTIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; RICKETTSIOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 77950928678     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0662     Document Type: Article

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