Metagenomic next-generation sequencing helped diagnose scrub typhus without eschar: A case report
Background: Scrub typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. Clinical manifestations include fever, rash, eschar at the bite site, and other non-specific flu-like symptoms. The eschar is a dark, scab-like area at the bite site, and is the typical lesions that prompts a diagnosis of O. tsutsugamushi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219304138 |