Etiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 464-472

  Leelarasamee, Amorn ^a,d   Chupaprawan, Chanpen ^b   Chenchittikul, Mongkol ^c   Udompanthurat, Suthipon ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Health System Research Institute   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acute febrile illness; Acute PUO; Dengue fever; Influenza; Leptospirosis; Rickettsial infection; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE DURATION; ENTEROBACTER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RICKETTSIOSIS; SALMONELLA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEASON; SEROLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THAILAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TYPHOID FEVER; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND;

EID: 2942591016     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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