The difference in clinical characteristics between acute Q fever and scrub typhus in southern Taiwan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-393

  Lai, Chung Hsu ^a,b   Huang, Chun Kai ^a   Weng, Hui Ching ^c   Chung, Hsing Chun ^a   Liang, Shiou Haur ^a   Lin, Jiun Nong ^a,b   Lin, Chih Wen ^a   Hsu, Chuan Yuan ^a   Lin, Hsi Hsun ^a  

^a E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute Q fever; Clinical characteristics; Coxiella burnetii; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; Q FEVER; RASH; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROLOGY; TAIWAN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; Q FEVER; RISK FACTORS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; TRAVEL;

EID: 64649104057     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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