Case report: Peritonitis in patients with scrub typhus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1046-1048

  Lee, Chang Hun ^a   Lee, Jae Hoon ^b   Yoon, KiJung ^b   Hwang, Jeong Hwan ^a   Lee, Chang Seop ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PERITONITIS; SCRUB TYPHUS; STOMACH PERFORATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PERITONITIS; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 84862209706     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0586     Document Type: Article

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