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Acute respiratory distress syndrome in Scrub typhus – An under recognized complication!

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023
Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi. It usually presents with high-grade fever, body aches, and skin rash.
Sangita Kamath, Tauheed Ahmed, Manish Kumar, Ashok Sunder   +3 more
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Investigating the etiology of acute febrile illness: a prospective clinic-based study in Uganda

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Historically, malaria has been the predominant cause of acute febrile illness (AFI) in sub-Saharan Africa. However, during the last two decades, malaria incidence has declined due to concerted public health control efforts, including the ...
B. Kigozi, G. Kharod, H. Bukenya, S. Shadomy, D. Haberling, R. Stoddard, R. Galloway, Phionah Tushabe, A. Nankya, Thomas Nsibambi, E. Mbidde, J. Lutwama, J. Perniciaro, W. Nicholson, W. Bower, J. Bwogi, D. Blaney   +16 more
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A review of acute febrile illness

Indian Journal of Microbiology Research, 2023
This review analyzes the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of major bacterial acute febrile illness (AFI). Existing studies on the AFI is focused the viral AFI agents, some bacterial and parasitic infections.
Mageshbabu Ramamurthy, Kumaran Vadivel, N. Saravanan, P. Rajendiran, B. Nandagopal   +4 more
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Oropouche virus as an emerging cause of acute febrile illness in Colombia

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022
Arbovirus infections are frequent causes of acute febrile illness (AFI) in tropical countries. We conducted health facility-based AFI surveillance at four sites in Colombia (Cucuta, Cali, Villavicencio, Leticia) during 2019-2022.
K. Ciuoderis, M. Berg, L. Pérez, A. Hadji, L. S. Pérez-Restrepo, Leidi Carvajal Aristizabal, Kenn Forberg, J. Yamaguchi, Andrés Cardona, Sonja Weiss, X. Qiu, J. Hernandez-Ortiz, F. Averhoff, G. Cloherty, J. Osorio   +14 more
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Scrub Typhus among Febrile Patients Admitted to the Department of Medicine in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Introduction: Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by obligate intracellular bacteria of the family Rickettsia after an incubation period of 6-21 days. The disease may lead to several complications such as acute hepatitis, sepsis, myocarditis,
Sanjeeb Shrestha, Shanti Pradhan, Niranjan Shrestha, Mitesh Karn   +3 more
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A novel nairovirus associated with acute febrile illness in Hokkaido, Japan

Nature Communications, 2021
The increasing burden of tick-borne orthonairovirus infections, such as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, is becoming a global concern for public health.
Fumihiro Kodama, Hiroki Yamaguchi, E. Park, Kango Tatemoto, M. Sashika, R. Nakao, Yurino Terauchi, K. Mizuma, Y. Orba, H. Kariwa, K. Hagiwara, K. Okazaki, A. Goto, R. Komagome, M. Miyoshi, Takuya Ito, K. Yamano, K. Yoshii, Chiaki Funaki, Mariko Ishizuka, Asako Shigeno, Yukari Itakura, L. Bell-Sakyi, Shunji Edagawa, A. Nagasaka, Y. Sakoda, H. Sawa, K. Maeda, M. Saijo, Keita Matsuno   +29 more
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Arboviruses as an unappreciated cause of non-malarial acute febrile illness in the Dschang Health District of western Cameroon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Acute febrile illness is a common problem managed by clinicians and health systems globally, particularly in the Tropics. In many regions, malaria is a leading and potentially deadly cause of fever; however, myriad alternative etiologies exist ...
I. Ali, Valery P K Tchuenkam, Mia Colton, V. Stittleburg, C. Mitchell, Claudia Gaither, K. Thwai, D. Espinoza, Yerun Zhu, Haaris Jamal, A. Key, J. Juliano, T. Christopher, A. Piantadosi, J. Waggoner, M. Collins   +15 more
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Rickettsial illnesses, a leading cause of acute febrile illness.

Clinical medicine (London), 2022
Rickettsial illnesses, comprising mainly spotted fever group, typhus group and scrub typhus, are vector-borne re-emerging or newly emerging febrile illnesses where humans are an accidental dead-end host.
R. Premaratna
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Study of Aetiology and Outcome in Acute Febrile Illness Patients with Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Acute febrile illness with Multi Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) carries significant morbidity and mortality despite standard therapy in intensive care settings.
Bhanukumar Muthaiah, Thippeswamy Thippeswamy, Srinivas Kondareddy, Prathima Chikkegowda   +3 more
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Diagnosis and Management of Dengue Fever in a Nonendemic Country: Lessons From an Acute Febrile Illness in Iran During the COVID-19 Outbreak. [PDF]

Case Rep Infect Dis
Mozahheb Yousefi K, Aminian S, Ebrahimi M, Minaeian S, Laali A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources