Detection of <i>Rickettsia japonica</i>―DNA from Blood Crust Forming After the Eschar Biopsy in a Case of Japanese Spotted Fever-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Detection of Rickettsia japonica―DNA from Blood Crust Forming After the Eschar Biopsy in a Case of Japanese Spotted Fever

Published:2019-01-20 Issue:1 Volume:93 Page:21-24
ISSN:0387-5911
Container-title:Kansenshogaku Zasshi
language:en
Short-container-title:J. J. A. Inf. D

Author:

DAIDO Shunsuke¹,KAWAKAMI Manri¹,TAKASHIMA Mari¹,HARADA Ryoichi¹,FUJIOKA Shinichi¹,IKEDA Fusao²,KIDA Koji³,MATSUOKA Yasuhiro³,KISHIMOTO Toshio³,FUJITA Hiromi⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama Saiseikai General Hospital

2. Department of Gastroenteroly, Okayama University Hospital

3. Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health

4. Mahara Institute of Medical Acarology

Publisher

The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kansenshogakuzasshi/93/1/93_21/_pdf

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