Differences in clinical features according to Boryoung and Karp genotypes of orientia tsutsugamushi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Dong Min ^a,h   Yun, Na Ra ^a   Neupane, Ganesh Prasad ^a   Shin, Sung Heui ^a,h   Ryu, So Yeon ^a   Yoon, Hee Jung ^b   Wie, Seong Heon ^c   Kim, Woo Jin ^d   Lee, Chang Youl ^e   Choi, Jong Soo ^f   Yang, Tae Young ^g  

^a Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^e Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

^f University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Haenam General Hospital   (South Korea)

^h MRC   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FIBRINOGEN; RIFAMPICIN; TELITHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; KETOLIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESCHAR; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; RASH; SCREENING TEST; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROTYPE; SHOCK; SKIN DEFECT; SOUTH KOREA; WEAKNESS; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KETOLIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RIFAMPIN; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051684472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022731     Document Type: Article

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