Scrub Typhus: Audit of an Outbreak

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 537-540

  Krishna, Mani Ram ^a   Vasuki, B ^a   Nagaraju, K ^a  

^a KANCHI KAMAKOTI CHILDS TRUST HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Eschar; Scrub typhus; Spurious thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCRUB TYPHUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCRUB TYPHUS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84939938281     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-014-1664-4     Document Type: Article

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