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The author describes the in vitro data for antibiotic susceptibility of Rickettsia and Coxiella burnetii. Tetracyclines are still the first antibiotic choice in spotted fevers, typhus and Q fever. In spotted fever a shortened treatment is suggested and the place of macrolide antibiotics, such as Josamycin, in treating children may be evaluated. In Q fever, according to the new biological data, an association of tetracyclines and Rifampin or Quinolones is suggested.
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Raoult, D. Antibiotic susceptibility of Rickettsia and treatment of rickettsioses. Eur J Epidemiol 5, 432–435 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00140135
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