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Prevalence Rate and Distribution of Eschar in Patients with Scrub Typhus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2022
Eschar is used to establish the clinical diagnosis of scrub typhus. To identify the prevalence of eschar and its location in scrub typhus, we reviewed globally published peer-reviewed articles.
Jeong-Seop Yoo, Dai-Hyeon Kim, Hye-Yeon Choi, Sunjong Yoo, J. Hwang, Jung-Hwan Hwang, Seung-hee Choi, Chiara Achangwa, Sukhyun Ryu, Chang-Seop Lee   +9 more
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Secondary cutaneous mucormycosis post-COVID-19: Case series from a tertiary center

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2022
Background: Mucormycosis is an angioinvasive mucorales fungal infection. Cutaneous type formed 10.5% of cases in India in precovid-19 era. Glucocorticoid-induced immunosuppression and hyperglycemia, reusable oxygen humidifiers in COVID-19 therapy, and ...
B Abhirami, Prabhat Kumar, Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, Satyendra Prasad Yadav   +3 more
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Scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy by Rickettsia slovaca after Dermacentor marginatus tick bite case report: multidisciplinary approach to a tick-borne disease

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Scalp Eschar and Neck LymphAdenopathy after Tick bite is a zoonotic non-pathogen-specific disease most commonly due to Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia raoultii. Diagnosis is mostly based only on epidemiological and clinical findings, without
G. Barlozzari, F. Romiti, M. Zini, A. Magliano, C. De Liberato, F. Corrias, G. Capponi, L. Galli, M. Scarpulla, C. Montagnani   +9 more
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A Case of Scrub Typhus Presenting with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and its Management in Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2023
Orientia tsutsugamushi causes a zoonotic infection called scrub typhus, which is transmitted by trombiculid mite larvae. The infection is widely distributed throughout the Asia-Pacific region and has also been reported in various parts of India.
Aarjuv Hemant Majmundar, Sakshi R. Jain, Shubham R. Darda, Jitendra D. Lakhani   +3 more
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Correction: Interferon receptor-deficient mice are susceptible to eschar-associated rickettsiosis.

Elife
Burke TP, Engström P, Tran CJ, Langohr IM, Glasner DR, Espinosa DA, Harris E, Welch MD.   +7 more
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Diagnosing scrub typhus without eschar: a case report using metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS)

Annals of Translational Medicine, 2021
Scrub typhus is a disease caused by the bacteria, Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is spread to people through the bites of infected larval mites. Symptoms include eschar at the place of infection, as well as many flu-like symptoms, e.g., fever, headache ...
Jie Li, Changwen Chen, Fangqiang Zou, Lin Liu, Baolong Wang, H. Kang, Binsen Liu, Shouhong Wang, Tiehe Qin   +8 more
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Application of Nested PCR and Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) to Target 56kDa gene in Scrub Typhus Patients and Phylogenetic Analysis to Identify Orientia tsutsugamushi Strains Circulating In and Around Puducherry

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2023
Scrub typhus (ST) is a re-emerging zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and is transmitted by chiggers. Serological tests targeting IgM and/or IgG antibodies play a major role in the detection of ST cases.
V. Anitharaj, J. Pradeep, S. Amsaveni, Selvaraj Stephen, Pooja Pratheesh   +4 more
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Identifying eschar in acute undifferentiated febrile illness: Saving lives!

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2022
Scrub typhus is one of the common causes of acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses in India. The manifestations are protean, are nonspecific, and may lead to multiorgan dysfunction syndrome and mortality if prompt recognition and treatment is not ...
V A Arun, Vishnu G Nair, Mukesh Kamble
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A Clinical Case of Scrub Typhus in the United States Forces Korea Patient with Eschar and Genetic Identification of Orientia tsutsugamushi Using Multiplex PCR-Based Next-Generation Sequencing

Pathogens, 2021
An epidemiological investigation was conducted for a scrub typhus case reported in a U.S. Forces Korea military patient in the Republic of Korea in November 2018. The patient had a fever, maculopapular rash, and an eschar.
Seungchan Cho, Jon C Allison, Kkothanahreum Park, J. S. No, Seung-Ho Lee, Kyungmin Park, Jongwoo Kim, T. Klein, Heung-Chul Kim, Won-Keun Kim, Jin-Won Song   +10 more
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Scrub Typhus Presenting with Bilateral Lateral Rectus Palsy in A Female [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Scrub typhus, a rickettsial disease is endemic in several parts of India usually presenting with acute symptoms. Fever, maculopapular rash, eschar, history of tick exposure and supportive diagnostic tests usually leads to diagnosis.
Tony Ete, Jaya Mishra, Bhupen Barman, Sumantro Mondal, Rondeep Kumar Nath Sivam   +4 more
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