Case report: The first case of imported relapsing fever in Japan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 460-461

  Kutsuna, Satoshi ^a,b,c,d   Kawabata, Hiroki ^a,b,c,d   Kasahara, Kei ^a,b,c,d   Takano, Ai ^a,b,c,d   Mikasa, Keiichi ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MINOCYCLINE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMPLICON; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LOWER LEG; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE RATE; RECURRENT FEVER; SPLENOMEGALY; TICK BITE; UZBEKISTAN; BORRELIA; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BORRELIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MINOCYCLINE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSING FEVER; UZBEKISTAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886904629     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0187     Document Type: Article

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