Purpura Fulminans and Rickettsia Conorii Israeli Tick Typhus Infection

Filipe Monteiro; Inês Tribolet de Abreu; Pedro de Vasconcelos; Miguel Alpalhão; Paulo Filipe

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Purpura Fulminans and Rickettsia Conorii Israeli Tick Typhus Infection

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Filipe Monteiro Dermatology Service. Local Health Unit of Santa Maria. Lisbon. Portugal; University Dermatology Clinic. Faculty of Medicine. University of Lisbon. Lisbon. Portugal. https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9950-1521
Inês Tribolet de Abreu Dermatology Service. Local Health Unit of Santa Maria. Lisbon. Portugal; University Dermatology Clinic. Faculty of Medicine. University of Lisbon. Lisbon. Portugal. https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4497-9763
Pedro de Vasconcelos Dermatology Service. Local Health Unit of Santa Maria. Lisbon. Portugal; University Dermatology Clinic. Faculty of Medicine. University of Lisbon. Lisbon. Portugal. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7480-1228
Miguel Alpalhão Dermatology Service. Local Health Unit of Santa Maria. Lisbon. Portugal; University Dermatology Clinic. Faculty of Medicine. University of Lisbon. Lisbon. Portugal; Institute of Molecular Medicine. Faculty of Medicine. University of Lisbon. Lisbon. Portugal. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-0395
Paulo Filipe Dermatology Service. Local Health Unit of Santa Maria. Lisbon. Portugal; University Dermatology Clinic. Faculty of Medicine. University of Lisbon. Lisbon. Portugal; Institute of Molecular Medicine. Faculty of Medicine. University of Lisbon. Lisbon. Portugal. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7337-6493

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.23068

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Purpura Fulminans, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia Infections, Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis

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2025-06-02

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Monteiro F, Tribolet de Abreu I, de Vasconcelos P, Alpalhão M, Filipe P. Purpura Fulminans and Rickettsia Conorii Israeli Tick Typhus Infection. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2025 Jun. 2 [cited 2026 Jun. 24];38(6-7):427-8. Available from: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/23068

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Vol. 38 No. 6-7 (2025): June-July

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