Scrub typhus

Scrub typhus

Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by orientia tsutsugamushi, transmitted to humans by the bite of the larva of trombiculid mites. It causes a disseminated vasculitic and perivascular inflammatory lesions resulting in significant vascular leakage and end-organ injury. It affects people...

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Main Authors: Amy G Rapsang, Prithwis Bhattacharyya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Doxycycline
eschar
orientia tsutsugamushi
scrub typhus
serologic assays
tsutsugamushi disease
Weil-Felix test
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2013;volume=57;issue=2;spage=127;epage=134;aulast=Rapsang

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