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A Life Threatening Rash, an Unexpected Cause

We describe a 74-year-old man with purpura fulminans and altered sensorium following an acute febrile illness. Intensive sepsis management was to no avail, until institution of doxycycline therapy following confirmation of scrub typhus. Empirical doxycycline needs to be considered in endemic areas f...

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Autores principales:	Jain, Dhiraj, Viswanathan, Stalin, Ramasamy, Chandramohan
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:	Case Report
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241284/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431693 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/146251

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