Concurrent Scrub Typhus, Dengue, and Leptospirosis: A Rare Triple Co-Infection: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT In endemic areas, acute undifferentiated febrile illness has a wide differential with overlapping features that can lead to misdiagnosis. Although triple co‐infection with scrub typhus, dengue, and leptospirosis is extremely rare, high clinical suspicion and early detection are vital to avoid delayed treatment, multi‐organ dysfunction, and ...
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The Paucity of Typical Pathology: An Autopsy Series of Typhus Group Rickettsiosis-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis [PDF]
PathogensMurine typhus (also called flea-borne or endemic typhus) is an undifferentiated febrile illness caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi. The disease, transmitted by rat and cat fleas, is endemic to seaboard regions worldwide. Recently, murine typhus has
Joshua Klinnert +7 more
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Scrub Typhus: No Longer Restricted to the Tsutsugamushi Triangle
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018 Scrub typhus is the most important rickettsial disease in the world. Its previous endemic region was considered to be in Asia, Australia and islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans; this area was referred to as the Tsutsugamushi Triangle.
Allen Richards, Jiang Ju, Ju Jiang
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A Rare and Severe Multisystem Cascade of AKI, ARDS, and Septic Shock Leading to Acalculous Cholecystitis in a Young Scrub Typhus Patient: A Case Report From Nepal. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is an acute febrile illness prevalent in Nepal with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. Severe forms can lead to multiorgan dysfunction, including acute kidney injury (AKI), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), septic shock, and rarely, acalculous cholecystitis.
Kaphle P +6 more
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Endemic Scrub Typhus in South America
New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 Scrub typhus is a life-threatening zoonosis caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi organisms that are transmitted by the larvae of trombiculid mites. Endemic scrub typhus was originally thought to be confined to the so called "tsutsugamushi triangle" within the Asia-Pacific region.
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A case of acute pulmonary edema in scrub typhus: a rare complication with normal cardiac and renal function [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Scrub typhus is a mite-borne rickettsial infection endemic to parts of Asia, including Sri Lanka, with a wide range of clinical manifestations.
Kajananan Sivagurunathan +2 more
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Environmental Conditions and Mite Vectors Shape the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Scrub Typhus in Guangdong Province, Mainland China [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseaseScrub typhus has emerged as a life-threatening and increasingly prevalent vector-borne disease. While the spatial and temporal distributions of scrub typhus have been studied by the research community, the main driving factors that influence the ...
Peiwei Fan +16 more
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Distinguishing Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children From Typhus Using Artificial Intelligence: MIS-C Versus Endemic Typhus (AI-MET) [PDF]
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Flor M Munoz, Tiphanie Vogel
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Scrub typhus with complications of acute myocarditis and cardiac tamponade in metropolitan areas: two case reports [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2023 Scrub typhus is known as one of the most common seasonal infections in endemic rural areas, but life-threatening cardiac complications in cases of scrub typhus are very infrequent.
Ki-Woon Kang, Wonho Kim
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A Case Series Of Scrub Typhus In Obstetrics [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Scrub typhus is endemic and re-emerging in eastern and southern Asia. Illness varies from mild and self-limiting to fatal. Only few studies were published about its effect in maternal and neonatal outcome.
Poomalar G K, Rekha R
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