Scrub typhus with sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2787-2790

  Kurup, Asok ^a   Issac, Aneesh ^b   Loh, Jin Phang ^c   Lee, Too Bou ^a   Chua, Robert ^b   Bist, Pradeep ^b   Chao, Chien Chung ^d   Lewis, Michael ^e   Gubler, Duane J ^b   Ching, Wei Mei ^d   Ooi, Eng Eong ^b   Sukumaran, Bindu ^b  

^a MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; OSELTAMIVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETHARGY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEPSIS; SPUTUM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEPSIS; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880620664     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00463-13     Document Type: Article

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