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Scrub typhus
Scrub typhus: Introduction
Scrub typhus: Type of typhus usually caught from ticks. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Scrub typhus is available below.
Symptoms of Scrub typhus
- Skin lesion - at the site of infection.
- Regional lymphadenopathy
- Fever
- Skin rash - maculopapular rash
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Scrub typhus: Complications
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Medical Textbooks Online about Scrub typhus
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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- Misdiagnosis of Scrub typhus
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- Undiagnosed: Scrub typhus
Causes of Scrub typhus
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News Archives for Scrub typhus
Medical news articles related to Scrub typhus include:
- Health Tip: Get Fit After Baby is Born
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- Japanese Herbals May Ease Gastro Woes
- Fish in U.S. Rivers Tainted With Common Medications
- Japanese Researchers Develop New Smallpox Vaccine
- Consider Kids' Health on Tropical Trips
- more health news...»
Source: HealthDay News
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Scrub typhus
Medical research articles related to Scrub typhus include:
- Scrub typhus serologic testing with the indirect immunofluorescence method as a diagnostic gold standard: a lack of consensus leads to a lot of confusion
- Myocarditis (Overview)
- Typhus (Diagnosis)
- Glomerulonephritis, Acute (Diagnosis)
- Rickettsial Infection (Follow-up)
- more research...»
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Clinical Trials for Scrub typhus
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Scrub typhus include:
- Controlled Trial: 5-Day Course of Telithromycin Versus Doxycycline for the Treatment of Mild to Moderate Scrub Typhus - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Telithromycin,Doxycycline
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Scrub typhus: Broader Related Topics
- Typhus
- Tick-borne diseases
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Types of Scrub typhus
Stories from Users Related to Scrub typhus
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Definitions of Scrub typhus:
An acute infectious disease caused by ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI. It is limited to eastern and southeastern Asia, India, northern Australia, and the adjacent islands. Characteristics include the formation of a primary cutaneous lesion at the site of the bite of an infected mite, fever lasting about two weeks, and a maculopapular rash. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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- External links relating to Scrub typhus
- FEVER, ACUTE (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- FEVER, CHRONIC (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Fever (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Rash with Fever (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Fever – Cyclic (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Fever – Recurrent (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Fever – Unknown Origin (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Fever – Acute (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- FEVER (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Fever (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Fever of Unknown Origin in the United States* (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Infection and Fever (Complications of HIV) (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Colorado tick fever (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Lassa fever (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Relapsing fever (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Fever [Pyrexia] (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Fever (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Rash Accompanied by Fever (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Fever of Unknown Origin (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (Handbook of Diseases)
- Fever (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Fever (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Fever (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- Fever [Pyrexia] (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- FEVER (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
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