Failure of azithromycin in treatment of Brill-Zinsser disease

Authors
Turcinov, D Kuzman, I Herendic, B
Citation
D. Turcinov et al., Failure of azithromycin in treatment of Brill-Zinsser disease, ANTIM AG CH, 44(6), 2000, pp. 1737-1738
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
ISSN journal
00664804 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1737 - 1738
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(200006)44:6<1737:FOAITO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Two patients suffering from Brill-Zinsser disease were treated with azithro mycin, which did not prove effective. Rickettsia prowazekii, the agent caus ing Brill-Zinsser disease, cannot be treated with azithromycin. Both patien ts had epidemiological features consistent with and a clinical course typic al of the disease. The diagnosis of Brill-Zinsser disease was serologically confirmed.