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Concurrent Scrub Typhus, Dengue, and Leptospirosis: A Rare Triple Co-Infection: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT 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 ...
Jha SK, Dahal B, Adhikari A, Basnet KS, Singh S, Acharya M.   +5 more
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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 Rep
ABSTRACT 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, Upadhyaya M, Shrestha S, Shrestha A, Giri D, Hamal K, Ojha L.   +6 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, Desmond H Foley, Allen L Richards   +2 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, Mabel Aylwin, Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito, Ju Jiang, Jose Manuel Munita, Luis Thompson, Katia Abarca, Allen L. Richards   +7 more
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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, Tae Yang Yu, Young Jun Kim, Jae Hoon Lee   +3 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, Jayant Kumar Yadav, Nischal Khanal, Raju Bhandari, Bikal Ghimire   +4 more
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Nonnegligible Seroprevalence and Predictors of Murine Typhus, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
To elucidate the epidemiology of murine typhus, which is infrequently reported in Japan, we conducted a cross-sectional study involving 2,382 residents of rickettsiosis-endemic areas in Honshu Island during August–November 2020.
Tetsuro Aita, Eiichiro Sando, Shungo Katoh, Sugihiro Hamaguchi, Hiromi Fujita, Noriaki Kurita   +5 more
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Rapid increase of scrub typhus incidence in Guangzhou, southern China, 2006-2014 [PDF]

, 2017
Background: In the last decade, scrub typhus (ST) has been emerging or re-emerging in some areas of Asia, including Guangzhou, one of the most affected endemic areas of ST in China.
Cao, W.-C. (Wu-Chun), Fang, L.-Q. (Li-Qun), Huang, Y. (Yong), Li, X. (Xinlou), Li, X.-N. (Xiao-Ning), Liu, K. (Kun), Ma, M.-J. (Mai-Juan), Ma, Y. (Yu), Sun, Y. (Ye), Vlas, S.J. (Sake) de, Wei, Y.-H. (Yue-Hong), Yang, Y. (Yang), Yang, Z.-C. (Zhi-Cong), Yao, H.-W. (Hong-Wu), Zhang, W.-H. (Wen-Hui)   +14 more
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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, Pieter P.A.M. van Thiel, Nicole P. Juffermans, Michèle van Vugt, Suzanne E. Geerlings, Martin P. Grobusch, Abraham Goorhuis   +6 more
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High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]

, 2014
Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick, Breiman, Robert F., Cleaveland, Sarah, Cutler, Sally J., Feikin, Daniel R., Jiang, Ju, Knobel, Darryn L., Maina, Alice N., Mpoke, Solomon, Ng'ang'a, Zipporah, Njenga, M. Kariuki, Ogola, Eric, Omulo, Sylvia A., Richards, Allen L.   +13 more
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