Severity predictors in Eschar-positive scrub typhus and role of serum osteopontin

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 924-930

  Park, Sang Won ^a   Lee, Chang Seop ^b   Lee, Chi Kug ^c   Kwak, Yee Gyung ^d   Moon, Chisook ^d   Kim, Baek Nam ^d   Kim, Eu Suk ^e   Kang, Jae Myung ^f   Oh, Myoung Don ^g  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Namwon Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Handong University   (South Korea)

^g Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OSTEOPONTIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCRUB TYPHUS; SKIN DISEASE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOPONTIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCRUB TYPHUS;

ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 81155137284     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0134     Document Type: Article

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