Transmission of scrub typhus by needlestick from a patient receiving pefloxacin

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-412

  Jee, Hyun Gyu ^a   Chung, Moon Hyun ^a,c   Lee, Sung Guang ^a   Kim, I K Sang ^b   Chang, Woo Hyun ^b  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PEFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FINGER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PAIN; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 0029836492     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549609037929     Document Type: Article

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