Premium
TSUTSUGAMUSHI DISEASE (SCRUB TYPHUS)
Author(s) -
TANIGUCHI YOSHIKI,
KANNO YUKO,
ANDO KATUHIKO,
INACHI SHIN,
SHIMIZU MASAYUKI
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1992.tb01373.x
Subject(s) - medicine , scrub typhus , tetracycline , disease , orientia tsutsugamushi , dermatology , doxycycline , rickettsiosis , virology , antibiotics , rickettsia , microbiology and biotechnology , virus , biology
Two patients with Tsutsugamushi disease (fever) were successfully treated with tetracycline derivatives after typical eschars were found, although one of the patients was initially misdiagnosed as having a drug reaction eruption. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are important because this disease can be associated with considerable morbidity and simple effective treatment is easily available.