Usefulness of eschar PCR for diagnosis of scrub typhus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1169-1171

  Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Kim, Dong Min ^b   Cho, Young Shin ^b   Yoon, Sung Ho ^b   Shim, Soo Kyoung ^c  

^a Seonam University   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DNA FRAGMENT;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCRUB TYPHUS; SKIN;

ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 33644929728     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1169-1171.2006     Document Type: Article

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