Mortality due to scrub typhus – report of five cases

Scrub typhus is largely ignored in India particularly during outbreaks of viral fever. The disease course is often complicated leading to fatalities in the absence of treatment. However, if diagnosed early and a specific treatment is initiated, the cure rate is high. We report here five cases of scr...

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Autores principales: Chaudhry, Rama, Thakur, Chandan Kumar, Gupta, Nitin, Sagar, Tanu, Bahadur, Tej, Wig, Naveet, Sood, Rita, Misra, Mahesh Chandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6755786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31496533
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1314_18
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Sumario:Scrub typhus is largely ignored in India particularly during outbreaks of viral fever. The disease course is often complicated leading to fatalities in the absence of treatment. However, if diagnosed early and a specific treatment is initiated, the cure rate is high. We report here five cases of scrub typhus to highlight the fact that high clinical suspicion for such a deadly disease is an absolute necessity.

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