Scrub typhus, a case report: Military and regional significance

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-90

  Singh, Pushkar ^a  

^a SHO   (India)

Author keywords

Chiggers; Eschar; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROQUINE; INFUSION FLUID; METRONIDAZOLE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCRUB TYPHUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0942298790     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(04)80174-6     Document Type: Article

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