Pancreatic abscess following scrub typhus associated with multiorgan failure

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 3523-3525

  Yi, Sun Young ^a   Tae, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multiorgan failure; Pancreatic abscess; Pancreatitis; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; SCRUB TYPHUS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34547486973     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i25.3523     Document Type: Article

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