Indian tick typhus presenting with gangrene: A case report from an urban slum of Delhi

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-97

  Kumar, Manish ^a,b   Singh, Raghvendra ^a   Yadav, Mukesh ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Delhi; Gangrene; Indian tick typhus

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; GANGRENE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN TICK TYPHUS; MALE; PETECHIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER; VOMITING; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; COMPLICATION; HEALTH; PATHOLOGY; POVERTY; TOE;

BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CHILD; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; TOES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84898861653     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-013-1095-7     Document Type: Article

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