Incidentally Discovered Splenic Infarction Associated with Scrub Typhus
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Incidentally Discovered Splenic Infarction Associated with Scrub Typhus
A 46-year-old woman was transferred to our emergency room (ER) from another hospital because of pleural effusion and general weakness. Five days before admission to our ER, oral doxycycline treatment was begun on clinical suspicion of scrub typhus. On physical examination by emergency medical services personnel, the patient did not exhibit a skin rash, and eschar was observed on the right poste...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0002-9637,1476-1645
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0140