creators_name: Lal, B
creators_name: Minhas, RS
creators_name: Sharma, DR
creators_name: Kumar, S
creators_id: drbushaditya@yahoo.co.in
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2015-02-21 14:36:23
lastmod: 2015-04-20 11:43:06
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title: Scrub Typhus Presenting as Acute Mastoiditis.
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Ear disease; Rickettsial disease; Himachal Pradesh
abstract: Scrub typhus, a zoonosis, is known to present with varied clinical presentation. We present a case of acute mastoiditis who did not respond to conventional antibiotic therapy. The detailed repeat clinical examination revealed lymphadenopathy with eschar and IgM antibodies for scrub typhus by ELISA were positive. Patient had dramatic response to doxycycline therapy.
date: 2014-02-20
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 12
number: 4(14)
publisher: Kakkilaya BS
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Lal, B and Minhas, RS and Sharma, DR and Kumar, S  (2014) Scrub Typhus Presenting as Acute Mastoiditis.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/9721/1/2013-4-14.pdf