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Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics 1/2021

01-01-2021 | Typhoid Fever | Scientific Letter

Comparative Efficacy of Doxycycline vs. Azithromycin in Pediatric Scrub Typhus

Authors: Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu, Dinesh Kumar Narayanasamy, Prakash Mathiyalagen

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 1/2021

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To the Editor: Scrub Typhus (ST) is a re-emerging, acute, febrile infectious disease caused by gram-negative bacterium, Orientia tsutsugamushi [1]. Doxycycline is the drug of choice for Pediatric ST while Azithromycin is considered as an effective alternative [2, 3]. However there are no clear evidence based guidelines to choose between these two drugs [1, 4]. This study was done to compare the efficacy of both these drugs in Pediatric ST. …
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Metadata
Title
Comparative Efficacy of Doxycycline vs. Azithromycin in Pediatric Scrub Typhus
Authors
Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu
Dinesh Kumar Narayanasamy
Prakash Mathiyalagen
Publication date
01-01-2021
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-020-03469-8

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