Open AccessAnalysis of risk factors for malignant Mediterranean spotted fever indicates that fluoroquinolone treatment has a deleterious effect
Author(s) -
Élisabeth Botelho-Nevers,
Clarisse Rovery,
Hervé Richet,
Didier Raoult
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkr218
Subject(s) - medicine , rickettsia conorii , spotted fever , doxycycline , relative risk , retrospective cohort study , epidemiology , rickettsiosis , antibiotics , surgery , antibacterial agent , confidence interval , rickettsia , immunology , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
To identify risk factors for malignant Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) caused by Rickettsia conorii conorii.
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