Pulmonary pathology in patients associated with scrub typhus

Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 268-271

  Hsu, Yung Hsiang ^a   Chen, Hsing I ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Alveolar macrophage; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

HYALIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG WEIGHT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MICROSCOPY; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 42449089256     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020801911488     Document Type: Article

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