Immunohistochemical study of scrub typhus: A report of two cases

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-98

  Tseng, Bo Yuan ^a   Yang, Hui Hua ^a   Liou, Ji Hung ^a   Chen, Li Kuang ^a   Hsu, Yung Hsiang ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYANOSIS; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPH NODE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYOCARDITIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS; SKIN; SPLEEN; VASCULITIS;

EID: 40849097765     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(08)70103-7     Document Type: Article

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