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Rickettsia prowazekii
(Epidemic Typhus and
Brill-Zinsser Disease)
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Table 1. In vitro antibiotic susceptibility of
R. prowazekii, Breinl (ATCC VR-142) and
Madrid E (ATCC VR-233) strains. The minimum antibiotic doses or MAD (mg/egg) allowing a DMST > 2.5 days in the embryonated egg model, and
MICs (mg/L) obtained in cell culture models are present.
Table 2. Recommendations for antibiotic treatment
of R. prowazekii infections.
Vignettes
Gerald Weissmann.
Rats, Lice, and Zinsser. Emerg Infect Dis, Mar 2005.
Authors
Max Maurin, M.D., Ph.D.,
 Didier Raoult, M.D., Ph.D.
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