Neonatal Scrub Typhus with an Eyelid Eschar Masquerading as “Late-onset Sepsis”
Indian Pediatrics Case Reports, 2022 Background: Scrub typhus is a mite-borne infection caused by the bacterium, Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is re-emerging in many parts of South East Asia, particularly in rural India.
Dinesh Kumar Narayanasamy +1 more
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Cost-effectiveness of treatments for superficial venous refluxin patients with chronic venous ulceration. [PDF]
, 2018 Background Venous leg ulcers impair quality of life significantly, with substantial costs to health services. The aim of this study was to estimate the cost‐effectiveness of interventional procedures alongside compression therapy versus compression ...
Davies, A +3 more
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Metagenomic-based Surveillance of Pacific Coast tick Dermacentor occidentalis Identifies Two Novel Bunyaviruses and an Emerging Human Ricksettsial Pathogen. [PDF]
, 2017 An increasing number of emerging tick-borne diseases has been reported in the United States since the 1970s. Using metagenomic next generation sequencing, we detected nucleic acid sequences from 2 novel viruses in the family Bunyaviridae and an emerging ...
Bouquet, Jerome +5 more
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Interferon receptor-deficient mice are susceptible to eschar-associated rickettsiosis
bioRxiv, 2020 Rickettsia are arthropod-borne pathogens that cause severe human disease worldwide. The spotted fever group (SFG) pathogen Rickettsia parkeri elicits skin lesion (eschar) formation in humans after tick bite.
Thomas P. Burke +6 more
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Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 2020 After major burn injury, once survival is achieved by the immediate excision of all deep burn eschar, we are faced with a patient who is often physiologically well but with very extensive wounds.
J. Greenwood
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Melioidosis in an infant presenting with Eschar-like lesion: A Diagnostic Dilemma [PDF]
Pediatric Sciences JournalMelioidosis, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, is an uncommon but serious infection in children and is predominantly reported in endemic regions, such as Southeast Asia and northern Australia.
Pragathesh Palaniappan +4 more
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Autolysis: mechanisms of action in the removal of devitalised tissue [PDF]
, 2016 Chronic wounds affect millions of people worldwide. In the UK alone, the cost of their treatment is estimated to be between £4.5bn and £5.1bn. The implementation of wound-bed preparation strategies remove the barriers to healing and wound debridement is ...
Albaugh K +9 more
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Scrub typhus, a reemerging zoonosis – An Indian case series
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2014 Background: Rickettsial diseases are reemerging in many parts of our country. Scrub typhus is a rickettsial disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi.
Deepak Madi
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Atypical and Severe Manifestations of Scrub Typhus in Children: Hiding without the Rash [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Scrub typhus has rarely been reported as a cause of acute febrile illness with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) among children from northern India plains.
Ashish Marwah, POONAM MEHTA NEE MARWAH
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Flinders Island spotted fever rickettsioses caused by "marmionii" strain of rickettsia honei, Eastern Australia [PDF]
, 2007 Australia has 4 rickettsial diseases: murine typhus, Queensland tick typhus, Flinders Island spotted fever, and scrub typhus. We describe 7 cases of a rickettsiosis with an acute onset and symptoms of fever (100%), headache (71%), arthralgia (43 ...
Boutlis, Craig S. +10 more
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