First probable Australian cases of human infection with Rickettsia felis (cat-flea typhus)

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-43

  Williams, Molly ^a   Izzard, Leonard ^b   Graves, Stephen R ^c   Stenos, John ^b   Kelly, Julian J ^a,d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM PLUS TICARCILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSECTICIDE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUSHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALAISE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIA AUSTRALIS; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA CANADENSIS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TYPHUS; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 79951788260     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04145.x     Document Type: Article

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