A Comparative Trial of a Single Dose of Azithromycin versus Doxycycline for the Treatment of Mild Scrub Typhus | Zendy

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A Comparative Trial of a Single Dose of Azithromycin versus Doxycycline for the Treatment of Mild Scrub Typhus

Author(s) -

Kim Ys,

HwanJung Yun,

Soo Kyoung Shim,

Sun Hoe Koo,

Si-Young Kim,

SiHyun Kim

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/425008

Subject(s) - azithromycin , doxycycline , scrub typhus , medicine , orientia tsutsugamushi , antibiotics , randomized controlled trial , antibacterial agent , adverse effect , surgery , rickettsiosis , gastroenterology , rickettsia , immunology , virology , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Scrub typhus is one of the most important endemic infections in the Asia-Pacific region. Although tetracyclines or chloramphenicol are the recommended drugs of choice for the treatment of scrub typhus, reports of doxycycline-resistant strains have prompted a search for alternative treatments.

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