Hemorrhagic diathesis in borrelia recurrentis infection imported to Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 917-919

  Keller, Christian ^a   Zumblick, Malte ^a   Streubel, Katrin ^a   Eickmann, Markus ^a   Müller, Daniela ^a   Kerwat, Martina ^a   Becker, Stephan ^a   Gress, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PROCALCITONIN;

BLEEDING TENDENCY; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; FEVER; GERMANY; HEMOPTYSIS; LETTER; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NEUTROPHILIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; BLEEDING DISORDER; BORRELIA; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; REFUGEE; SOMALIA; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; BORRELIA; GERMANY; HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; REFUGEES; RELAPSING FEVER; SOMALIA;

EID: 84963819499     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32032/eid2205.151557     Document Type: Letter

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