Radiologic pulmonary findings, clinical manifestations and serious complications in scrub typhus: experiences from a teaching hospital in eastern taiwan

International Journal of Gerontology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 223-232

  Wu, Kun Ming ^a   Wu, Zhe Wei ^a   Peng, Guo Quan ^a   Wu, Jian Liang ^a,b   Lee, Shih Yi ^a,b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fever; Rickettsial pneumonia; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 76649118817     PISSN: 18739598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1873-9598(10)70005-3     Document Type: Article

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