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Neurological manifestations of scrub typhus: A case series from Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern East Rajasthan

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2020
Scrub typhus is an acute febrile infectious illness caused by rickettsia species Orientia tsutsugamushi. In recent years, scrub typhus has reemerged as a life-threatening disease in India Scrub typhus has diverse clinical manifestations ranging from a ...
Vijay Sardana, Prashant Shringi
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Acute Febrile Respiratory Illness in the ICU [PDF]

Chest, 2008
Acute febrile respiratory illness (FRI) leading to respiratory failure is a common reason for admission to the ICU. Viral pneumonia constitutes a portion of these cases, and often the viral etiology goes undiagnosed. Emerging viral infectious diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome and avian influenza present with acute FRIs progressing to ...
Nicholas S. Stollenwerk, Christian Sandrock   +1 more
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Scrub typhus in a febrile patient and challenges faced in a diagnosis-constrained health centre: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023
Scrub typhus is an acute febrile bacterial illness and has a high mortality if left untreated. It is caused by bacterium called Orientia tsutsugamushi which is transmitted to humans as zoonosis by bite of chigger mites that are infected by the bacterium.
Tej Nath Nepal, Sonam Drukpa
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Use of Scatterplot Patterns Derived from Automated Haematological Analysers in the Diagnosis of Acute Febrile Illnesses [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
Introduction: Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) is common in the tropics and caused by diverse pathogens. Dengue, malaria, enteric fever and scrub typhus are few common causes of AFI in India.
Ronit Juthani, Debdatta Basu
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Risk factors for human acute leptospirosis in northern Tanzania [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Leptospirosis is a major cause of febrile illness in Africa but little is known about risk factors for human infection. We conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate risk factors for acute leptospirosis and Leptospira ...
Allan, Kathryn J., Biggs, Holly M., Cash-Goldwasser, Shama, Cleaveland, Sarah, Crump, John A., Galloway, Renee L., Halliday, Jo E.B., Kazwala, Rudovick R., Lwezaula, Bingileki F., Maro, Venance P., Maze, Michael J., Mmbaga, Blandina T., Muiruri, Charles, Rubach, Matthew P., Saganda, Wilbrod, Shand, Michael C., Sharples, Katrina J.   +16 more
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Patterns of age-specific mortality in children in endemic areas of sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2007
Understanding of the age- and season- dependence of malaria mortality is an important prerequisite for epidemiologic models of malaria immunity. However, most studies of malaria mortality have aggregated their results into broad age groups and across ...
Abdullah, Salim, Adazu, Kubaje, Binka, Fred N, Diallo, Diadier, Hodgson, Abraham, Ilboudo-Sanogo, Edith, Masanja, Honorati, Nhacolo, Ariel, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Smith, Thomas, Thompson, Ricardo   +10 more
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Care-seeking patterns for fatal malaria in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND\ud \ud Once malaria occurs, deaths can be prevented by prompt treatment with relatively affordable and efficacious drugs. Yet this goal is elusive in Africa.
de Savigny, Don, Kasale, Harun, Masanja, Honorati, Mayombana, Charles, Mbuya, Conrad, Minhaj, Abdulatif, Mkilindi, Yahya, Mwageni, Eleuther, Reid, Graham   +8 more
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Scrub typhus presenting as an acute abdomen

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2014
Scrub typhus is a mite-borne infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, which presents as an acute febrile illness with headache, myalgia, breathlessness, and an eschar, a pathognomonic sign, in a varying proportion of patients.
PP Abhilash Kundavaram, Sohini Das, M Varghese George   +2 more
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Dengue and other common causes of acute febrile illness in Asia: an active surveillance study in children. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Common causes of acute febrile illness in tropical countries have similar symptoms, which often mimic those of dengue. Accurate clinical diagnosis can be difficult without laboratory confirmation and disease burden is generally under-reported.
Maria Rosario Capeding, Mary Noreen Chua, Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro, Ismail I H M Hussain, Revathy Nallusamy, Punnee Pitisuttithum, Kusnandi Rusmil, Usa Thisyakorn, Stephen J Thomas, Ngoc Huu Tran, Dewa Nyoman Wirawan, In-Kyu Yoon, Alain Bouckenooghe, Yanee Hutagalung, Thelma Laot, Tram Anh Wartel   +15 more
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Fatal acute undifferentiated febrile illness among clinically suspected leptospirosis cases in Colombia, 2016-2019.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundAcute undifferentiated febrile illness is a common challenge for clinicians, especially in tropical and subtropical countries. Incorrect or delayed diagnosis of febrile patients may result in medical complications or preventable deaths.
Eliana L Parra Barrera, Jhonatan Reales-González, Daniela Salas, Elizabeth Reyes Santamaría, Solmara Bello, Angélica Rico, Lissethe Pardo, Edgar Parra, Karina Rodriguez, Zonía Alarcon, Angela Patricia Guerra Vega, Mayra A Porras, Sergio Yebrail Gomez-Rangel, Carolina Duarte, Jaime Moreno   +14 more
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