Eschar in scrub typhus: A valuable clue to the diagnosis
Background: Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness widely prevalent in the ′tsutsugamushi triangle′ region of the world. Clinical features include fever, myalgia, headache, rash, and a pathognomonic eschar. An eschar is formed by the bite of chigger mite that inoculates the causative agent of Scru...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Postgraduate Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2013;volume=59;issue=3;spage=177;epage=178;aulast=Kundavaram |