Scrub typhus: Two cases presenting as abdominal pain

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 158-160

  Lee, Seung Youn ^a   Kim, Eun Sil ^a   Son, Dongwook ^a   Lee, Hong Lyeol ^a   Choi, Suk Jin ^a   Lee, Jin Soo ^a   Cheong, Moon Hyun ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Cholecystitis; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 69249190309     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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