Scrub Typhus and the Misconception of Doxycycline Resistance

Scrub typhus, a neglected infectious disease caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a major cause of fever across the Asia Pacific region with more than a billion people at risk. Treatment with antibiotics such as doxycycline or chloramphenicol is effective for the...

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Published in:Clin Infect Dis
Main Authors: Wangrangsimakul, Tri, Phuklia, Weerawat, Newton, Paul N, Richards, Allen L, Day, Nicholas P J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2020
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Review Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7245148/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31570937
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz972
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