Clinical role of interstitial pneumonia in patients with scrub typhus: A possible marker of disease severity

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 668-673

  Sun, Wha Song ^a   Ki, Tae Kim ^a   Young, Mi Ku ^a   Seog, Hee Park ^a   Young, Soo Kim ^a   Lee, Dong Gun ^a   Sun, Ae Yoon ^a   Young, Ok Kim ^a,b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Orientia tsutsugamushi; Pneumonia; Rickettsial; Scrub Typhus; Severity of Illness Index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HILUS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PATIENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 7544239490     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2004.19.5.668     Document Type: Article

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