title: Seven years' experience of isolation of Rickettsia spp. from clinical specimens using the shell vial cell culture assay.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies CNRS UMR-A 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vestris
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rolain
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Birg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Enea
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Patrice
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology