Comparison of antibiotic regimens for treating louse-borne relapsing fever: A meta-analysis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 483-490

  Guerrier, Gilles ^a   Doherty, Tom ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Borrelia recurrentis; Ethiopia; Jarisch Herxheimer reaction; Louse borne relapsing fever; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHIOPIA; FEVER; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; LOUSE BORNE RELAPSING FEVER; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PEDICULOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPIROCHETE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; PEDICULUS; PENICILLINS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RELAPSING FEVER; TETRACYCLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 80052365071     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.04.004     Document Type: Review

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