Author/Editor		Dželalija, Boris; Morović, Miro; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana
Title		Azitromicin u profilaksi mediteranske pjegave groznice
Translated title		Azithromycin in the prophylaxis of Mediterranean spotted fever
Type		članek
Source		Liječ Vjesn
Vol. and No.		Letnik 119, št. 10
Publication year		1997
Volume		str. 270
Language		cro
Abstract		Antibodies to Rickettsia conorii were detected by the indirect immunofluorescence (IFA) assay in 64 (51.6%) out of 124 examinees living in North Dalmatia (Croatia) who had a history of recent tick bites during 1994 and 1995. Positive titers of IFA antibodies to R. conori were detected in 12 (31.5%) out of 38 examinees with carried out prohylaxis by azithromycin. The usual clinical signs of mediterranean spotted fever were registered in 22 (25.6%) and asymptomatic infection in 30 (34.8%) out of 86 examinees without prophylaxis. Clinical signs of the disease were not registered in examines with prophylaxis.
Descriptors		BOUTONNEUSE FEVER RICKETTSIA AZITHROMYCIN TICKS BITES AND STINGS FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT CROATIA