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Korat‐Scrub Typhus Score: A Clinical Tool for Predicting Scrub Typhus in Patients With Acute Undifferentiated Febrile Illness

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Scrub typhus is a major cause of acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) in the Asia–Pacific region. Nonspecific presentation, limited diagnostic accuracy and delayed treatment increase morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to develop a simple clinical score for early diagnosis in adults with AUFI. Methods A cross‐sectional
Wilawan Thipmontree, Ekkarat Wongsawat, Saowaluk Silpasakorn, Yupin Suputtamongkol   +3 more
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High Rates of Homologous Recombination in the Mite Endosymbiont and Opportunistic Human Pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi

, 2010
The study was funded by the Wellcome Trust. PS was supported by grants from the Wellcome Trust (073135) and British Infection Society.Orientia tsutsugamushi is an intracellular alpha-proteobacterium which resides in trombiculid mites, and is the ...
Feil, EJ, Sonthayanon Piengchan, Wuthiekanun Vanaporn, Stuart D Blacksell, Sharon J Peacock, Blacksell, SD, Bentley Stephen D., Sharon J. Peacock, Bentley, SD, Day, Nicholas P. J., Feil Edward J., Day Nicholas P. J., Stephen D. Bentley, Sonthayanon, P, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Stephen D Bentley, Blacksell, Stuart D., Chierakul Wirongrong, Piengchan Sonthayanon, Stuart D. Blacksell, Day, NP, Bentley, Stephen D., Nicholas P J Day, Holden, MT, Wirongrong Chierakul, Mathew T G Holden, Peacock, Sharon J., Feil, Edward J., Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Peacock, SJ, Edward J Feil, Wuthiekanun, V, Nicholas P. J. Day, Sonthayanon, Piengchan, Blacksell, Stuart, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Edward J. Feil, Chierakul, W, Peacock Sharon J., Day, Nicholas, Holden, Mathew T. G., Holden, Matthew, Blacksell Stuart D., Holden Mathew T. G., Mathew T. G. Holden   +44 more
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Mark of scrub typhus

BMJ Case Reports, 2010
A 23-year-old previously healthy male soldier presented with intermittent fever, generalised skin rashes, and a history of right earache for 11 days. He had recently performed military training on grass before his presentation. Initially, otitis media was diagnosed, but his earache did not improve after antibiotic treatment (amoxicillin/clavulanate ...
Bor-Jen, Lee, Yau-Lin, Wang, Che-An, Tsai   +2 more
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Age‐Related and Seasonal Variation in Malaria and Other Causes of Fever and Their Association With Clinical Outcomes in Southern Angola: A Hospital‐Based Study

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute febrile illnesses in sub‐Saharan Africa are often attributed to malaria, yet many patients test negative for malaria parasites. The aetiology of nonmalarial fevers remains understudied. Here, we examine likely causes of febrile illnesses and their association with poor clinical outcomes in Angola.
Helga E. M. Gonçalves, Maria Lina Antunes, Jorge Seixas, Marcelo U. Ferreira   +3 more
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A Case Report on Meningitis Complicated by Acute Ischemic Stroke and Failed Thrombolysis

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Ischemic stroke is one of the rare but grave complications of meningitis with poor outcomes and long‐term sequelae, and the role of thrombolysis with infection‐related stroke remains uncertain. This case report documents a 52‐year‐old man presented with fever, headache, vomiting, and altered sensorium, and on examination he had neck rigidity ...
Sonam Dema, Dechen Choden, Sonam Wangmo
wiley   +1 more source

Meteorological factors and normalized difference vegetation index drivers of scrub typhus incidence in Shandong Province based on a 16-year time-frequency analysis

BMC Public Health
Objective Scrub typhus, a natural epidemic disease that seriously impacts the health of the population, has imposed a substantial disease burden in Shandong Province.
Zhisong Ni, Shufen Li, Rui Xi, Kemeng Liang, Sihao Song, Chuanlong Cheng, Hui Zuo, Liang Lu, Xiujun Li   +8 more
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An Uncommon Case of Ecthyma Gangrenosum in a Three‐Year‐Old Immunocompetent Child

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
The necrotic lesions on day 10. ABSTRACT Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is a rare cutaneous finding of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis, typically in immunocompromised patients. We present EG with septic shock in a previously healthy three‐year‐old child who presented with rapidly progressing necrotic eschars and severe neutropenia.
Shobha Maharjan, Nipun Shrestha, Dhruba Shrestha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2009
To investigate rickettsioses and leptospirosis among urban residents of Semarang, Indonesia, we tested the blood of 137 patients with fever. Evidence of Rickettsia typhi, the agent of murine typhus, was found in 9 patients.
Hartskeerl, Rudy A., Sakundarno, Mateus, Gasem, M. Hussein, Wagenaar, Jiri F.P., Isbandrio, Bambang B., Goris, Marga G.A.   +5 more
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Scrub typhus reporting criteria.

, 2020
Scrub typhus reporting criteria.
Ivo Elliott (7819268), Rawadee Kumlert (4903708), Kittipong Chaisiri (3277629), Soawapak Hinjoy (332639), Serge Morand (74749), Tri Wangrangsimakul (5324405), Nicholas P. J. Day (7305209), Supalert Nedsuwan (8708373)   +7 more
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Opsoclonus in scrub typhus

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2012
Scrub typhus is a mite borne infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is a common cause of undifferentiated febrile illness in the Indian subcontinent. We present a case of scrub typhus with a rare ophthalmic manifestation.
S, D'sa, S, Singh, S, Sowmya
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