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Scrub typhus

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2013
Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by orientia tsutsugamushi, transmitted to humans by the bite of the larva of trombiculid mites. It causes a disseminated vasculitic and perivascular inflammatory lesions resulting in significant vascular ...
Amy G Rapsang, Prithwis Bhattacharyya
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Burn eschar stimulates fibroblast and adipose mesenchymal stromal cell proliferation and migration but inhibits endothelial cell sprouting [PDF]

, 2017
The majority of full-thickness burn wounds heal with hypertrophic scar formation. Burn eschar most probably influences early burn wound healing, since granulation tissue only forms after escharotomy.
Jhingoerie, Renushka L., Gibbs, Susan, Monsuur, H.N., Adrianus Vloemans, Susan Gibbs, Monsuur, Hanneke N., Vloemans, Adrianus F.P.M., van den Broek, L.J., Jhingoerie, R.L., Hanneke Monsuur, Renushka Jhingoerie, van den Broek, Lenie J., Vloemans, A.F.P.M., Gibbs, S., Lenie van den Broek   +14 more
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Overview of patient and eschar characteristics.

, 2012
Summary of basic clinical patient data and eschar characteristics by patient [TM = Typhus Mahosot], days of fever prior to biopsy [days], patient age [years], eschar location, presence of clinical lymphadenopathy, bacterial number of O.
Kemajittra Jenjaroen (188764), Manivanh Vongsouvath (188767), Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh (188757), Gareth D. H. Turner (145437), Margaret Jones (188762), Stuart D. Blacksell (101742), Paul N. Newton (132889), Daniel H. Paris (188754), Nicholas P. J. Day (35781), Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai (188759), David P. J. Ferguson (188768)   +10 more
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Effect of Hyaluronan in Collagen Biomaterials on Human Macrophages and Fibroblasts In Vitro

Journal of Functional Biomaterials
In adults, scars are formed after deep skin wound injuries like burns. However, the fetal microenvironment allows for scarless skin regeneration. One component that is abundantly present in the fetal extracellular matrix is hyaluronan (HA).
Nancy Avila-Martinez, Maren Pfirrmann, Madalena L. N. P. Gomes, Roman Krymchenko, Elly M. M. Versteeg, Marcel Vlig, Martijn Verdoes, Toin H. van Kuppevelt, Bouke K. H. L. Boekema, Willeke F. Daamen   +9 more
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The poor penetration of topical burn agent through burn eschar on a porcine burn model

, 2009
We read with great interest the article entitled “Enhancing drugs absorption through third-degree previous termburnnext term wound eschar” by Manafi et al. [1].
Hayes, Mark T., Mill, Julie, Cuttle, Leila, Kimble , Roy M., Wang, Xue-Qing, Kempf, Margit, Kimble, Roy M.   +6 more
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A Clinical Case of Scrub Typhus in the United States Forces Korea Patient with Eschar and Genetic Identification of Orientia tsutsugamushi Using Multiplex PCR-Based Next-Generation Sequencing

, 2021
An epidemiological investigation was conducted for a scrub typhus case reported in a U.S. Forces Korea military patient in the Republic of Korea in November 2018. The patient had a fever, maculopapular rash, and an eschar.
Seung-Ho Lee, Kkothanahreum Park, Seungchan Cho, Terry A. Klein, Jongwoo Kim, Won-Keun Kim, Jon C. Allison, Kyungmin Park, Jin-Won Song, Jin Sun No, Heung-Chul Kim   +10 more
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Orientia tsutsugamushi in Eschars from Scrub Typhus Patients

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
To verify the value of eschars for the diagnosis of scrub typhus and to characterize genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi in patients, we examined eschars and blood specimens of 7 patients from Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, for O ...
Yun-Xi Liu, Wu-Chun Cao, Yuan Gao, Jing-Lan Zhang, Zhan-Qing Yang, Zhong-Tang Zhao, Janet Foley   +6 more
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Rare Case of Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia monacensis, Portugal, 2021

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
We report a case of rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia monacensis in an immunocompetent 67-year-old man in Portugal who had eschar, erythematous rash, and an attached Ixodes ricinus tick.
Rita de Sousa, Marta Leal dos Santos, Claudina Cruz, Vasco Almeida, Ana Raquel Garrote, Freddy Ramirez, Diana Seixas, Maria J. Manata, Fernando Maltez   +8 more
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Acute pancreatitis due to scrub typhus

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2022
Scrub typhus caused by organism Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted to humans by the bite of a leptotrombidium mite (chigger). Although eschar formation is one of the important signs that aid in diagnosis, multiple eschar formation is a rare ...
G Sri Lakshmi, S Yeshaswini, B Alekhya, Maria Bethasaida Manuel, A Sunnesh, R Ram, V Siva Kumar   +6 more
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Black Eschars in the Highlands of Ethiopia [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016
A 1-year-old boy, living in close contact with farm animals in the rural highlands of southwest Ethiopia, was brought to the emergency room because of two black eschars on his left thigh (Figure 1 ) and a painful ipsilateral adenopathy in the groin. According to the clinical history obtained by his mother, the lesions started as tiny papules 4–5 days ...
Pérez-Tanoira, Ramón, Cuadros, Juan, Prieto-Pérez, Laura   +2 more
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