creators_name: Dhiman, P
creators_name: Sharma, A
creators_name: Raina, R
creators_name: Madhabhavi, I
creators_name: Gupta, S
creators_id: pd_05@rediffmail.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2013-05-04 23:08:42
lastmod: 2013-05-04 23:08:42
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title: Scrub Typhus Presenting as Acute Myocardial Infarction.
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Scrub typhus; Myocardial infarction
abstract: Scrub Typhus, or tsutsugamushi disease is a febrile illness caused by bacteria of the family Rickettsiaceae and named Orientia tsutsugamushi. Recently it has been found to endemic in Subhimalayan region of India. Scrub typhus affects skeletal muscles, skin, lungs, kidneys, brain and cardiac muscles.We report a rare case of scrub typhus presenting as acute myocardial infarction.
date: 2012-10-25
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 11
number: 3(11)
publisher: Kakkilaya BS
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Dhiman, P and Sharma, A and Raina, R and Madhabhavi, I and Gupta, S  (2012) Scrub Typhus Presenting as Acute Myocardial Infarction.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/8921/1/2012-3-11.pdf