Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 96-101 , June 2009

Clinical Manifestations, Laboratory Findings and Complications of Pediatric Scrub Typhus in Eastern Taiwan

  • Wai-Tim Jim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taitung Branch of Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Nan-Chang Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease and Division of Pediatric Neurology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wai-Tao Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taitung Branch of Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Section 2, Chung Shan North Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Che-Sheng Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taitung Branch of Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jui-Hsing Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taitung Branch of Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shi-Yu Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taitung Branch of Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sun Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Paochien Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan

Received 3 March 2008 ,Revised 25 September 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60043-7

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 96-101 , June 2009

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