Effect of antibiotic treatment in patients with DEBONEL/TIBOLA

V Ibarra; J R Blanco; A Portillo; S Santibáñez; L Metola; J A Oteo

doi:10.1196/annals.1355.040

Effect of antibiotic treatment in patients with DEBONEL/TIBOLA

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2005 Dec:1063:257-8. doi: 10.1196/annals.1355.040.

Authors

V Ibarra¹, J R Blanco, A Portillo, S Santibáñez, L Metola, J A Oteo

Affiliation

¹ Area de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospitales San Millán-San Pedro-de La Rioja, Avda. Viana, N 1, 26001 Logroño (La Rioja), Spain.

PMID: 16481523
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1355.040

Abstract

DEBONEL/TIBOLA is a tick-borne acute/sub-acute infection transmitted in our environment by Dermacentor marginatus and mainly caused by Rickettsia slovaca. The aim of our study was to know the effect of starting early treatment in the course of the DEBONEL/TIBOLA.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Azithromycin / pharmacology*
Boutonneuse Fever / drug therapy*
Boutonneuse Fever / microbiology
Child
Dermacentor / microbiology
Doxycycline / pharmacology*
Humans
Lymphatic Diseases / drug therapy*
Lymphatic Diseases / microbiology
Tick-Borne Diseases / drug therapy*
Tick-Borne Diseases / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Azithromycin
Doxycycline