Transmission Electron Microscopy Confirmation of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Human Bile

Transmission Electron Microscopy Confirmation of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Human Bile

Scrub typhus, the third most frequently reported infectious disease in South Korea, causes serious public health problems. In 2019, we collected a bile specimen from a patient with scrub typhus through percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage and performed transmission electron microscopy to c...

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Main Authors: Yujeong Lee, Seung Il Kim, Yoon-sun Yi, Hayoung Lee, Joo-Hee Hwang, Edmond Changkyun Park, Sangmi Jun, Chang-Seop Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Orientia tsutsugamushi
transmission electron microscopy
human bile
eschar
PCR
South Korea
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/12/20-2188_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/12/20-2188_article

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