Fatal brazilian spotless fever caused by Rickettsia rickettsii in a dark-skinned patient;Febre maculosa brasileira sem exantema causada por Ricketsia ricketsii em um paciente de cor negra

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-396

  de Mendonça Favacho, Alexsandra Rodrigues ^a   Rozental, Tatiana ^a   Calic, Simone Berger ^b   Scofeld, Maria Aparecida Mota ^c   de Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Itambacuri   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Black patient; Fatal brazilian spotless fever; PCR

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BILIRUBIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CREATININE; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GENE; BRAZILIAN SPOTLESS FEVER; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HEART; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHOCK; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 79960645972     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822011000300028     Document Type: Article

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