Eschar: A Stepping Stone to Scrub Typhus

J Pediatr. 2017 Feb:181:320-320.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.084. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

Authors

Shu-Chao Weng¹, Hung-Chang Lee¹, Jeng-Jung Chen¹, Yu-Jyun Cheng¹, Hsin Chi¹, Chien-Yu Lin¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Infectious Disease MacKay Children's Hospital Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics Hsinchu Mackay Memorial Hospital Hsinchu, Taiwan.

PMID: 27908651
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.084

No abstract available

Keywords: Orientia tsutsugamush; Southeast Asia; eschar; rickettsia; scrub typhus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Child
Cicatrix / etiology
Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
Female
Humans
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Scrub Typhus / diagnosis*
Scrub Typhus / drug therapy
Skin / pathology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Doxycycline