Doxycycline vs azithromycin in patients with scrub typhus: a systematic review of literature and meta-analysis

Doxycycline vs azithromycin in patients with scrub typhus: a systematic review of literature and meta-analysis

Abstract Introduction Scrub typhus is a bacterial mite-borne disease associated with poor clinical outcomes if not treated adequately. The study aimed to compare the time to defervescence, clinical failure, mortality and treatment-related adverse effects of two common drugs (doxycycline and azithrom...

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Main Authors: Nitin Gupta, Carl Boodman, Christelle Genevieve Jouego, Steven Van Den Broucke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Fever
Defervescence
Mortality
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08893-7

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