Coinfection with leptospirosis and scrub typhus - A report of four cases

Tzu Chi Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Ho, Yu Huai ^a   Chen, Li Kuang ^a   Tsai, Pei Jane ^a   Wang, Lih Shinn ^a,b  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Leptospirosis; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGLOTTITIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEPSIS; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33746238341     PISSN: 10163190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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