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Louse-borne relapsing fever in children.
The Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1992Clinical manifestations of louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) in children admitted to Jimma Teaching Hospital from March 1991 to September 1991 are described. The clinical manifestations were mild and the frequency of occurrence of each feature was lower than in adults. Jaundice and cardiac abnormality have not been found in children.
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Louse Borne Relapsing Fever (LBRF): Mortality and Frequency of Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction
Journal of the Royal Society of Health, 1987The charts of 132 louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) patients admitted to a teaching and provincial hospital in Northwestern Ethiopia covering the period 1970-1985 were analysed. Of the 83 males (62.9%) and 49 (37.1%) females, there were 97 patients treated with varying doses of intramuscular procaine penicillin (100,000-600,000 u) as
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1977
Abstract : The roles of certain plasma proteins and endotoxin in the pathogenesis of Borrelia recurrentis infection were studied in 15 patients. Mean titers of Hageman factor, prekallikrein, and hemolytic complement were decreased at the time of admission and 2 hours after treatment during the jarisch-Herxheimer-like reaction (JHR).
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Abstract : The roles of certain plasma proteins and endotoxin in the pathogenesis of Borrelia recurrentis infection were studied in 15 patients. Mean titers of Hageman factor, prekallikrein, and hemolytic complement were decreased at the time of admission and 2 hours after treatment during the jarisch-Herxheimer-like reaction (JHR).
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Tetracycline versus penicillin in the treatment of louse-borne relapsing fever.
Ethiopian medical journal, 1992A prospective study of 120 louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) patient admitted to Mekele Regional Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia from September to November 1991 was done. The patients were assigned systematically to a single dose of either tetracycline or procaine penicillin (sixty each).
T, Gebrehiwot, A, Fiseha
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Louse-borne relapsing fever and malaria co-infection in Ethiopia
Tropical Doctor, 2007José M, Ramos +3 more
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