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Acute Febrile Illness in Immunocompetent Adults with Special Reference to Neutropaenia: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Introduction: Fever is a common symptom with multifactorial aetiologies. In tropical country like India, most of the cases of acute febrile illness are due to seasonal viral diseases and vector-borne infections.
Pusala Varun Narayana, Bhumika Vaishnav, S Bharath Gowda, Prasanna Kumar Satpathy, Prashant Gopal, Nimmagadda Nikitha   +5 more
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Antibiotic trends in acute febrile illness

International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 2017
Background: Acute febrile illness has various etiologies. Different antimicrobials are used for different causes of fever to treat and there are interpersonal variations in prescription of antimicrobials. Therefore this study aims at to analyze the trends in the antimicrobial prescription in patients of acute febrile illness due to various etiologies ...
Riyaz Ahmed Siddiqui, Y. Dhoble, Tanaji R. Shende, Archana S. Borkar   +3 more
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Murine Typhus: A Review of a Reemerging Flea-Borne Rickettsiosis with Potential for Neurologic Manifestations and Sequalae

Infectious Disease Reports, 2023
Murine typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi, an obligately intracellular Gram-negative coccobacillus. Rats (Rattus species) and their fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) serve as the reservoir and vector of R. typhi, respectively.
Lucas S. Blanton
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Increasing prevalence of malaria and acute dengue virus coinfection in Africa: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of cross-sectional studies

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Malaria and dengue fever are the leading causes of acute, undifferentiated febrile illness. In Africa, misdiagnosis of dengue fever as malaria is a common scenario.
Tewelde T. Gebremariam, Henk D. F. H. Schallig, Zeleke M. Kurmane, Jonas B. Danquah   +3 more
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Acute febrile illness is associated with Rickettsia spp infection in dogs [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Rickettsia conorii is transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks and causes Mediterranean Spotted Fever (MSF) in humans. Although dogs are considered the natural host of the vector, the clinical and epidemiological significance of R. conorii infection in dogs remains unclear.
Michele Trotta, Laia Solano-Gallego, Laia Solano-Gallego, Marco Caldin, Tommaso Furlanello, Maria Grazia Pennisi, Alessandra Caprì   +6 more
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Diagnosis of Murine Typhus by Serology in Peninsular Malaysia: A Case Report Where Rickettsial Illnesses, Leptospirosis and Dengue Co-Circulate

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019
Murine typhus is a rarely diagnosed cause of acute febrile illness in Malaysia, and its true disease burden is unknown. We report a case of an acute murine typhus infection in a patient living in a small city in Peninsular Malaysia, presenting with fever,
Yazli Yuhana, Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai, Pimpan Sujariyakul, Piengchan Sonthayanon, Kesinee Chotivanich, Daniel H. Paris, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Stuart D. Blacksell, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn   +8 more
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Imported diseases in travellers presenting to the emergency department after a stay in a malaria-endemic country: a retrospective observational study

Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 2023
Background We aimed to investigate the aetiology and outcomes of illnesses in patients presenting to an emergency department after travelling to a malaria-endemic country, in order to raise awareness of both tropical and cosmopolitan diseases.
Sofie Desmet, Liesbet Henckaerts, Sien Ombelet, Benjamin Damanet, Peter Vanbrabant   +4 more
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A case series of scrub meningoencephalitis from a tertiary care center in North India

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2023
Scrub typhus infection is reemerging leading cause of acute febrile illnesses in post-rainy or monsoon season in Southeast Asia. It is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and spread by the bite of chiggers, larval forms of trombiculid mites.
Vikas Suri, Harpreet Singh, Kunwer A Ary, Manisha Biswal, Chirag K Ahuja, Parampreet Kharbanda, Navneet Sharma   +6 more
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Undiagnosed Acute Viral Febrile Illnesses, Sierra Leone

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Sierra Leone in West Africa is in a Lassa fever-hyperendemic region that also includes Guinea and Liberia. Each year, suspected Lassa fever cases result in submission of ≈500-700 samples to the Kenema Government Hospital Lassa Diagnostic Laboratory in eastern Sierra Leone.
Joseph N. Fair, Augustine Goba, Sheik Humarr Khan, Randal J. Schoepp, Cynthia A. Rossi   +4 more
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Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood as a complication of dengue infection: A case report

Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2023
Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (ANEC) is a clinico-radiological diagnosis characterized by acute onset, and progressive febrile encephalopathy preceded by viral-associated febrile illness and carries a very poor prognosis.
Mohammad Irfan Dar, Vidushi Bhat, Surbhi Bhardwaj   +2 more
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