Japanese spotted fever with acute hepatic failure: Was it associated with Epstein-Barr virus?

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1403-1405

  Kondo, Makoto ^a   Kurokawa, Ichiro ^b   Yamanaka, Kei Ichi ^b   Akachi, Shigehiro ^c   Nishii, Masami ^a  

^a Ise Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Mie Prefectural Health and Environment Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; MINOCYCLINE; SULPERAZON;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JAPANESE SPOTTED FEVER; LIVER FAILURE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REHABILITATION CARE; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOPERAZONE; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MINOCYCLINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SULBACTAM;

EID: 78649405435     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04584.x     Document Type: Article

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