Scrub typhus mimicking enteric fever; a report of three patients

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-310

  Premaratna, R ^a   Nawasiwatte, B M T P ^a   Niriella, M A ^a   Chandrasena, T G A N ^a   Bandara, N K B K R G W ^a   Rajapakse, R P V J ^b   de Silva, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Enteric fever; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Rickettsioses; Scrub typhus; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; SPLENOMEGALY; TYPHOID FEVER; VOMITING;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCRUB TYPHUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER;

ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 77649187603     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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