Hemophagocytosis in scrub typhus

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 301-302

  Valsalan, R ^a   Kosaraju, K ^b   Sohanlal, T ^c   Prem Kumar, P S ^d  

^a Division of Medicine   (United States)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; SCRUB TYPHUS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW; DOXYCYCLINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957978643     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.70949     Document Type: Article

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