Rickettsial diseases in central india: Proposed clinical scoring system for early detection of spotted fever

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 867-872

  Rathi, Narendra B ^a   Rathi, Akanksha N ^b   Goodman, Michael H ^c   Aghai, Zubair H ^c  

^a Rathi Children's Hospital and Maternity Home   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical scoring system; Diagnosis; India; Rickettsiae; Scrub typhus; Spotted fever

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856135820     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0141-7     Document Type: Article

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