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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 RepABSTRACT 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 ...
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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 RepABSTRACT 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.
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Intravenous Doxycycline, Azithromycin, or Both for Severe Scrub Typhus.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2023 BACKGROUND The appropriate antibiotic treatment for severe scrub typhus, a neglected but widespread reemerging zoonotic infection, is unclear. METHODS In this multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial, we compared the efficacy of ...
G. Varghese +33 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Scrub typhus is an established cause of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in northern states of India. We systematically investigated 376 children with AES in southern India, using a stepwise diagnostic strategy for the causative agent of scrub typhus ...
T. Damodar +15 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background Despite the increasing number of cases of scrub typhus and its expanding geographical distribution in China, its potential distribution in Fujian Province, which is endemic for the disease, has yet to be investigated.
Xuan Li +9 more
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Infectious Disease Reports, 2023 Murine typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi, an obligately intracellular Gram-negative coccobacillus. Rats (Rattus species) and their fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) serve as the reservoir and vector of R. typhi, respectively.
L. Blanton
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Scrub typhus is emerging as a global public health threat owing to its increased prevalence and remarkable geographic expansion. However, it remains a neglected disease, and possible influences of meteorological factors on its risk are poorly understood.
Ling Han +5 more
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Environmental, Occupational, and Demographic Risk Factors for Clinical Scrub Typhus, Bhutan
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Underdiagnosis and underreporting of scrub typhus has increasingly affected public health in Bhutan since its initial detection in 2008. Identifying scrub typhus risk factors would support early diagnosis and treatment for this nonspecific febrile ...
Tandin Zangpo +8 more
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A Review of Rickettsial Diseases Other Than Scrub Typhus in India
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Rickettsial diseases (RD) are widely reported all over the world. Scrub typhus (ST) is a major tropical infection which is well documented all over India.
Sivanantham Krishnamoorthi +4 more
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Fleaborne Typhus–Associated Deaths — Los Angeles County, California, 2022
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2023 Fleaborne typhus (also known as murine typhus), a widely distributed vectorborne zoonosis caused by Rickettsia typhi, is a moderately severe, but infrequently fatal illness; among patients who receive doxycycline, the case-fatality rate is
J. Alarcón +9 more
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