Clinical Features, Laboratory Characteristics and Prognostic Factors of Severity in Patients with Rickettsiaceae at Two Military Hospitals, Northern Vietnam.
Nam Le VanChung Pham VanManh Nguyen DangThang Dao VanQuyen Le T DoHung Vu HoangTien Tran VietNhu Binh DoPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2020)
Eschar and peripheral lymphadenopathy were two valuable clinical symptoms for the diagnosis of scrub typhus and distinguishing 2 groups of diseases. Respiratory distress, increase in AST ≥ 200 UI/l and level of PCT were used as major prognostic factors in patients with Rickettsiaceae.