Host, pathogen and treatment-related prognostic factors in rickettsioses

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1139-1150

  Botelho Nevers, E ^a   Raoult, D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; MACROLIDE; MESSENGER RNA; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054764763     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1208-z     Document Type: Review

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