Dengue and Scrub Typhus Coinfection in a Patient Presenting with Febrile Illness

Dengue fever and scrub typhus are common causes of acute febrile illness of unclear origin in Asia. Though coinfections of many vector-borne diseases have been described, articles on dengue and scrub typhus coinfection are distinctly limited. In case of coinfection with dengue and scrub typhus, vigi...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sapkota, Surendra, Bhandari, Sudeep, Sapkota, Subash, Hamal, Rabin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5366795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28386493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6214083
_version_ 1782517656609357824
author Sapkota, Surendra
Bhandari, Sudeep
Sapkota, Subash
Hamal, Rabin
author_facet Sapkota, Surendra
Bhandari, Sudeep
Sapkota, Subash
Hamal, Rabin
author_sort Sapkota, Surendra
collection PubMed
description Dengue fever and scrub typhus are common causes of acute febrile illness of unclear origin in Asia. Though coinfections of many vector-borne diseases have been described, articles on dengue and scrub typhus coinfection are distinctly limited. In case of coinfection with dengue and scrub typhus, vigilant monitoring of vitals, platelets transfusion, and timely treatment with doxycycline are necessary. High degree of suspicion has to be made for coinfection in a patient presenting with febrile illness with thrombocytopenia and deranged laboratory parameters in postmonsoon season in endemic regions in Asia.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5366795
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2017
publisher Hindawi
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-53667952017-04-06 Dengue and Scrub Typhus Coinfection in a Patient Presenting with Febrile Illness Sapkota, Surendra Bhandari, Sudeep Sapkota, Subash Hamal, Rabin Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Dengue fever and scrub typhus are common causes of acute febrile illness of unclear origin in Asia. Though coinfections of many vector-borne diseases have been described, articles on dengue and scrub typhus coinfection are distinctly limited. In case of coinfection with dengue and scrub typhus, vigilant monitoring of vitals, platelets transfusion, and timely treatment with doxycycline are necessary. High degree of suspicion has to be made for coinfection in a patient presenting with febrile illness with thrombocytopenia and deranged laboratory parameters in postmonsoon season in endemic regions in Asia. Hindawi 2017 2017-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5366795/ /pubmed/28386493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6214083 Text en Copyright © 2017 Surendra Sapkota et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Sapkota, Surendra
Bhandari, Sudeep
Sapkota, Subash
Hamal, Rabin
Dengue and Scrub Typhus Coinfection in a Patient Presenting with Febrile Illness
title Dengue and Scrub Typhus Coinfection in a Patient Presenting with Febrile Illness
title_full Dengue and Scrub Typhus Coinfection in a Patient Presenting with Febrile Illness
title_fullStr Dengue and Scrub Typhus Coinfection in a Patient Presenting with Febrile Illness
title_full_unstemmed Dengue and Scrub Typhus Coinfection in a Patient Presenting with Febrile Illness
title_short Dengue and Scrub Typhus Coinfection in a Patient Presenting with Febrile Illness
title_sort dengue and scrub typhus coinfection in a patient presenting with febrile illness
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5366795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28386493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6214083
work_keys_str_mv AT sapkotasurendra dengueandscrubtyphuscoinfectioninapatientpresentingwithfebrileillness
AT bhandarisudeep dengueandscrubtyphuscoinfectioninapatientpresentingwithfebrileillness
AT sapkotasubash dengueandscrubtyphuscoinfectioninapatientpresentingwithfebrileillness
AT hamalrabin dengueandscrubtyphuscoinfectioninapatientpresentingwithfebrileillness

Ejemplares similares