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Severe scrub typhus infection: Clinical features, diagnostic challenges and management

Scrub typhus infection is an important cause of acute undifferentiated fever in South East Asia. The clinical picture is characterized by sudden onset fever with chills and non-specific symptoms that include headache, myalgia, sweating and vomiting. The presence of an eschar, in about half the patie...

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Published in:World J Crit Care Med
Main Authors: Peter, John Victor, Sudarsan, Thomas I, Prakash, John Anthony J, Varghese, George M
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524821/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26261776
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5492/wjccm.v4.i3.244
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