Mediterranean spotted fever: Retrospective evaluation of 16 cases;Akdeniz benekli ateşi: 16 olgunun retrospektif Iıncelenmesi

Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-171

  Yilmaz, Emel ^a   Akalin, Halis ^a   Mistik, Reşit ^a   Heper, Yasemin ^a   Engin, Aynur ^b   Kiliçaslan, Ebru ^a   Öztüfekçi, Aslihan ^a   Sevgican, Emine ^a   Helvaci, Safiye ^a   Töre, Okan ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fever; Maculopapular rash; Mediterranean spotted fever

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MYALGIA; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77954767502     PISSN: 13013149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5174/tutfd.2009.01368.1     Document Type: Article

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