Pediatric scrub typhus in indian himalayas

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 947-949

  Mahajan, Sanjay K ^a,c   Rolain, Jean Marc ^b   Sankhyan, Naveen ^a   Kaushal, Ram Krishan ^a   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c 25/3 US Club ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Eschar; Himachal Pradesh; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDIAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOXYCYCLINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCRUB TYPHUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56349153096     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0198-z     Document Type: Article

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