Otalgia and eschar in the external auditory canal in scrub typhus complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lee, Bor Jen ^a,c   Chen, Chia Yi ^a,b,c   Hu, Sung Yuan ^a,b,c,d   Tsan, Yu Tse ^a,b,c,e   Lin, Tzu Chieh ^a,b,c,e   Wang, Lee Min ^a,b,c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d National Taichung Nursing College   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ESCHAR; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; EXTERNAL EAR DISEASE; EYE JAUNDICE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; RASH; SCRUB TYPHUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TISSUE NECROSIS; WATERY DIARRHEA; AUDITORY CANAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

DOXYCYCLINE; EAR CANAL; EARACHE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SCRUB TYPHUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953102504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-79     Document Type: Article

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