title: Diagnosing Rickettsia: crimps, complications, and coups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, New York.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Asnis
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, New York.
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, New York.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beekman
mesh_terms: D005076:Exanthema / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*