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Endemic Scrub Typhus in South America [PDF]
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.
Stuart Blacksell +2 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
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Severe Murine Typhus with Pulmonary System Involvement
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 We encountered a case of severe murine typhus complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome. To determine worldwide prevalence of such cases, we reviewed the literature and found that respiratory symptoms occur in ≈30% of murine typhus patients.
Thomas W. van der Vaart +6 more
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Acute Severe Calculous Cholecystitis with Multiorgan Failure Complicated by Scrub Typhus
Case Reports in Surgery, 2019 Scrub typhus is a febrile illness and can present with manifestations ranging from subclinical symptoms to multiorgan failure and death. Scrub typhus is a rare etiology of acute cholecystitis. A patient presenting with the features of acute cholecystitis
Suman Acharya +4 more
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Imported scrub typhus: first case in South America and review of the literature
Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 2018 Background Scrub typhus is a neglected vector-borne zoonosis causing life-threatening illnesses, endemic in the Asian-Pacific region and, as recently discovered, in southern Chile.
Thomas Weitzel +7 more
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A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 Scrub typhus is a potentially fatal mite-borne febrile illness, primarily of the Asia-Pacific Rim. With an endemic area greater than 13 million km2 and millions of people at risk, scrub typhus remains an underreported, often misdiagnosed febrile illness.
Daryl J Kelly +2 more
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Case Reports in Critical CareMurine typhus is a flea-borne disease caused by the bacteria Rickettsia typhi that occurs worldwide, but predominantly in endemic areas. The clinical presentation of typhus is often nonspecific, leading to delays in diagnosis and treatment.
Pierre H. François +6 more
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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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Scrub typhus initially manifested as diabetic ketoacidosis: A case report
IDCases, 2018 We report a case of a patient with scrub typhus who presented with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). The patient initially manifested with DKA, and was diagnosed with acute scrub typhus after evaluation the precipitating factors of DKA. No other complications
Dong Ho Jo +3 more
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