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. 1986 Oct;30(4):606–607. doi: 10.1128/aac.30.4.606

Ciprofloxacin therapy for Mediterranean spotted fever.

D Raoult, H Gallais, P De Micco, P Casanova
PMCID: PMC176489  PMID: 3789693

Abstract

We report the treatment of five patients with Mediterranean spotted fever with the antimicrobial agent ciprofloxacin. The treatment was administered intravenously for 2 days and then perorally for 8 days. All five patients were cured. These preliminary data seem to correlate with the in vitro activity of ciprofloxacin against Rickettsia conorii.

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