Scrub typhus meningitis or meningoencephalitis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1206-1211

  Kim, Dong Min ^a   Chung, Jong Hoon ^a   Yun, Na Ra ^a   Kim, Seok Won ^a   Lee, Jun Young ^b   Han, Mi Ah ^a   Lee, Yong Bok ^c  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCRUB TYPHUS; SCRUB TYPHUS MENINGITIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890401815     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0224     Document Type: Article

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