Severe Scrub Typhus Complicated by Myofascitis Due to the Taguchi Strain of Orientia tsutsugamushi |
Beom, Jong Wook
(Department of Internal Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine)
Heo, Sang Teak (Department of Internal Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine) Park, Ji Kang (Department of Radiology, Jeju National University School of Medicine) Koh, Young-Sang (Department of Microbiology, Jeju National University School of Medicine) Kim, Sohyun (Department of Microbiology, Jeju National University School of Medicine) |
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