Evaluation of two diagnostic methods of scrub typhus with Bayes rule
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The diagnosis of scrub typhus: an evaluation.
Scrub typhus is an endemic problem in Malaysia. Yet its diagnosis appears to depend heavily on the Wetl-Felix test as the more sophisticated diagnostic procedures are not available routinely. We therefore reviewed our experience with scrub typhus patients treated at the Melaka General Hospital from 1983 to April 1986, to identify those clinical features which are diagnostic of this rickettsial ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Advances in Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2349-3933,2349-3925
DOI: 10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20172033