Scrub Typhus Presenting as Acute Flaccid Paralysis in a Child: A Differential to Be Included in a Common Presentation

Neurological manifestations are common in scrub typhus in children. A 12-year-old girl presented with acute onset fever, bilateral lower limb weakness, and urinary retention. On initial investigations, scrub typhus immunoglobulin M (IgM) ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) was reactive. She wa...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Pradeep, Prasad, Arun, Kumar, Subhash, Akhtar, Ambrin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9467491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36120204
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27909

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9467491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36120204
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27909

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