Clinical Usefulness of Eschar Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus: A Prospective Study | Zendy

DongMin Kim | Zendy; H. L. Kim | Zendy; Chae Yeon Park | Zendy; Tse-Yen Yang | Zendy; J. H. Lee | Zendy; Jun Yang | Zendy; S.-K. Shim | Zendy; Su-Heon Lee | Zendy

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Clinical Usefulness of Eschar Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus: A Prospective Study

Author(s) -

DongMin Kim,

H. L. Kim,

Chae Yeon Park,

Tse-Yen Yang,

J. H. Lee,

Jun Yang,

S.-K. Shim,

Su-Heon Lee

Publication year - 2006

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 - 10.1086/508464

Subject(s) - eschar , scrub typhus , medicine , orientia tsutsugamushi , titer , polymerase chain reaction , antibiotics , serology , prospective cohort study , virology , antibody , surgery , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry , gene

The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic utility of performing eschar polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the diagnosis of scrub typhus through a prospective comparison of eschar PCR results with indirect immunofluorescent antibody assay (IFA) results.

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