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Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever

Cristina Bellini, Matteo Monti, Mathieu Potin, Anne L. Dalle Ave, Jacques Billé, Gilbert Greub

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2005 · 29 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

Our findings suggest that ATBF, that usually presents a benign course, may be complicated by an acute myocarditis.

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