Clinical Manifestations, Laboratory Findings and Complications of Pediatric Scrub Typhus in Eastern Taiwan

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 96-101

  Jim, Wai Tim ^a,c,d   Chiu, Nan Chang ^a   Chan, Wai Tao ^a   Ho, Che Sheng ^a   Chang, Jui Hsing ^a   Huang, Shi Yu ^a   Wu, Sun ^a,b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Pao Chien Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

eschar; hepatic dysfunction; Orientia tsutsugamushi; scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; EDEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCRUB TYPHUS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650735388     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60043-7     Document Type: Article

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