Scrub typhus infections poorly responsive to antibiotics in northern Thailand

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9020, 1996, Pages 86-89

  Watt, George ^a   Chouriyagune, Charoen ^b   Ruangweerayud, Ronnatrai ^c   Watcharapichat, Pochaman ^a   Phulsuksombati, Duangporn ^a   Jongsakul, Krisada ^a   Teja Isavadharm, Paktiya ^a   Bhodhidatta, Dharadhida ^a   Corcoran, Kevin D ^a   Dasch, Gregory A ^d   Strickman, Daniel ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b Chiangrai Prachanuchroa Hospital   (Thailand)

^c MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB TYPHUS; THAILAND;

EID: 15844405969     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)02501-9     Document Type: Article

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