Severe Scrub Typhus: Prognostic Indicators, Clinical Prediction Rule and Validation

• Main Authors: Pamornsri Sriwongpan, ภมรศรี ศรีวงค์พันธ์
• Other Authors: ศิริอนงค์ นามวงศ์พรหม
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: เชียงใหม่ : บัณฑิตวิทยาลัย มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่ 2018
• Subjects: Scrub Typhus; Clinical prediction rule; Prognostic indicators
• Online Access: http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/45954
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Scrub typhus, widely spread throughout the Asia-Pacific region is an acute febrile illness, produced by Orientia tsutsugamushi. In endemic areas the approximate prevalence of the disease is 1 million cases yearly. The reported mortality is as high as 35%. In Thailand, 7,310 cases in 2011 and as many...