Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Myocarditis and pericarditis are rare complications of rickettsiosis, usually associated with <it>Rickettsia rickettsii </it>and <it>R. conorii</it>. African tick-bite fever (ATBF) is generally considered as a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2005-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/5/90 |