title: Mediterranean spotted fever in children in the Pazardjik region, South Bulgaria.
abstract: The objective of the present study was to analyze the clinical pattern of contemporary Mediterranean spotted fever in children and to compare it with the clinical pattern in adults. The research involved 257 children. The more common symptoms in children were severe onset, fever, rash, "tache noire," swelling of lymph nodes and enlarged liver or spleen.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Infectious Diseases, Regional Hospital, Pazardzhik; †Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Tropical Medicine; ‡Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases; and § Department of Management of Public Health, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pishmisheva
authors.forename: Mariyana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stoycheva
authors.forename: Nikolay
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vatev
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Semerdjieva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D002031:Bulgaria; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents