Scrub typhus complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute liver failure: A case report from Northeast India

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Goswami, Dibyajyoti ^a   Hing, Arlangki ^a   Das, Ananta ^a   Lyngdoh, Monaliza ^a  

^a North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS)   (India)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Eschar; Northeast India; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84891371281     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.12.023     Document Type: Article

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