A Comparative Trial of a Single Dose of Azithromycin versus Doxycycline for the Treatment of Mild Scrub Typhus
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- 1 November 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 39 (9) , 1329-1335
- https://doi.org/10.1086/425008
Abstract
Background. Scrub typhus is one of the most important endemic infections in the Asia-Pacific region. Although tetracyclines or chloramphenicol are thKeywords
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