Coagulation and inflammation in scrub typhus and murine typhus-a prospective comparative study from Laos

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1221-1228

  Paris, D H ^a,b   Chansamouth, V ^c   Nawtaisong, P ^a   Lowenberg E C ^d   Phetsouvanh, R ^c   Blacksell, S D ^a,b   Lee, S J ^a   Dondorp, A M ^a,b   van der Poll, T ^d   Newton, P N ^b,c   Levi, M ^d   Day, N P J ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Inflammation; Laos; Murine typhus; Pathophysiology; Scrub typhus; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; DOXYCYCLINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROTEIN C; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX; THROMBOMODULIN; THROMBOPLASTIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LAOS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MURINE TYPHUS; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS; TYPHUS;

MURINAE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RICKETTSIA TYPHI;

EID: 84869121204     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03717.x     Document Type: Article

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