Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Aug 1989
[Mediterranean boutonneuse fever: retrospective study of 44 cases in the Bages region (Barcelona)].
Forty-four cases of boutonneuse mediterranean fever which developed from August 1982 to September 1987 in the Bages region (Barcelona) were retrospectively evaluated. Pediatric cases were excluded. The diagnosis was based on the clinical features. ⋯ There was a remarkably high index of relative bradycardia (81.8%). Doxycycline therapy was effective in 100% of patients. Only one instance of meningeal signs with normal CSF was detected as complication.