Rickettsiosis: a rare challenge in ICU

Intensive Care Med. 2017 Oct;43(10):1514-1515. doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4876-z. Epub 2017 Jul 1.

Authors

Rosa Carvalho¹, Dolores Vazquez², Pedro Silveira³, Luís Lencastre³

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal. rosa.macedo.carvalho@gmail.com.
² Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar da Póvoa de Varzim/Vila do Conde, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.
³ Emergency Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.

PMID: 28668974
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4876-z

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Doxycycline / administration & dosage*
Exanthema / etiology
Fluoroimmunoassay
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Male
Middle Aged
Rickettsia Infections / complications
Rickettsia Infections / diagnosis*
Rickettsia Infections / drug therapy*
Rickettsia conorii / isolation & purification*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Doxycycline