Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus

Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi in which humans are accidental hosts. It is a febrile illness which is confined to rural Asia and the Western Pacific islands. Severe complications are very rare. We report four cases of acute fulminant myocarditis in children with...

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Main Authors: Sittiwangkul R., Pongprot Y., Silviliarat S., Oberdorfer P., Jittamala P., Sirisanthana V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-48749119573&partnerID=40&md5=07ec9b3857e1aeabbd1105f8184d859a
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18510826
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/2421
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Institution: Chiang Mai University
Language: English