Tsutsugamushi disease (scrub typhus).
Two patients with Tsutsugamushi disease (fever) were successfully treated with tetracycline derivatives after typical eschars were found, although one of the patients was initially misdiagnosed as having a drug reaction eruption. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are important because this disease can be associated with considerable morbidity and simple effective treatment is easily available.
Taniguchi
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Y
Department of Dermatology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
Kanno
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Y
Ando
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K
Inachi
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S
Shimizu
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M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000473:pathology; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000473:pathology