Spontaneous splenic rupture in a child with murine typhus

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1171-1172

  Fergie, Jaime ^a,c   Purcell, Kevin ^b,c,d  

^a DRISCOLL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Healthcare and Leadership Solutions   (United States)

^c TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Murine typhus; Splenic rupture

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHUS; VIRUS CULTURE; CHILD; RUPTURE;

CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 16644394728     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000145547.03450.9d     Document Type: Article

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