title: [Treatment of eruptive rickettsioses. Review of the literature from the microbiology to the clinic].
abstract: The authors review the literature concerning the treatment of rickettsiosis including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Mediterranean spotted fever, murine typhus, and Scrub typhus. They report in vitro antibiotic susceptibilities of the causing organisms and in vivo activity on animal models. They also report their clinical experience and these of the literature in the treatment of rickettsiosis.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine de la Timone, Marseille.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brouqui
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000187:drug effects; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Traitement des rickettsioses éruptives. Revue de la littérature de la microbiologie à la clinique.