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Scrub typhus infection in pregnancy: the dilemma of diagnosis and treatment in a resource‐limited setting
To save the life of both mother and fetus, the risks and benefits of the few antibiotics considered effective in the treatment of severe scrub typhus require consideration. In this case, chloramphenicol treatment averted maternal but not fetal mortality. Evidence‐based guidelines appropriate for res...
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891484/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27398202 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.572 |
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author | Watthanaworawit, Wanitda Kolakowska, Edyta Hanboonkunupakarn, Borimas Ling, Clare McGready, Rose |
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description | To save the life of both mother and fetus, the risks and benefits of the few antibiotics considered effective in the treatment of severe scrub typhus require consideration. In this case, chloramphenicol treatment averted maternal but not fetal mortality. Evidence‐based guidelines appropriate for resource‐limited endemic areas are required. |
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spelling | pubmed-48914842016-07-08 Scrub typhus infection in pregnancy: the dilemma of diagnosis and treatment in a resource‐limited setting Watthanaworawit, Wanitda Kolakowska, Edyta Hanboonkunupakarn, Borimas Ling, Clare McGready, Rose Clin Case Rep Case Reports To save the life of both mother and fetus, the risks and benefits of the few antibiotics considered effective in the treatment of severe scrub typhus require consideration. In this case, chloramphenicol treatment averted maternal but not fetal mortality. Evidence‐based guidelines appropriate for resource‐limited endemic areas are required. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4891484/ /pubmed/27398202 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.572 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Watthanaworawit, Wanitda Kolakowska, Edyta Hanboonkunupakarn, Borimas Ling, Clare McGready, Rose Scrub typhus infection in pregnancy: the dilemma of diagnosis and treatment in a resource‐limited setting |
title | Scrub typhus infection in pregnancy: the dilemma of diagnosis and treatment in a resource‐limited setting |
title_full | Scrub typhus infection in pregnancy: the dilemma of diagnosis and treatment in a resource‐limited setting |
title_fullStr | Scrub typhus infection in pregnancy: the dilemma of diagnosis and treatment in a resource‐limited setting |
title_full_unstemmed | Scrub typhus infection in pregnancy: the dilemma of diagnosis and treatment in a resource‐limited setting |
title_short | Scrub typhus infection in pregnancy: the dilemma of diagnosis and treatment in a resource‐limited setting |
title_sort | scrub typhus infection in pregnancy: the dilemma of diagnosis and treatment in a resource‐limited setting |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891484/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27398202 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.572 |
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