Scrub typhus during pregnancy: A case report and review of the literature

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 358-360

  Phupong, Vorapong ^a   Srettakraikul, Kanyalak ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Chiang Dao District Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LITERATURE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SCRUB TYPHUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4544285125     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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