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

open access: yesClin 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   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Healthcare Settings and Infection Prevention: Today’s Procedures in Light of the “Instructions for Disinfection” Issued During the 1817 Typhus Epidemic in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Pre-Unification Italy)

open access: yesEpidemiologia
Even today, healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) remain the most frequent and serious complications in healthcare, with a significant clinical and economic impact.
Davide Orsini   +7 more
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Drought and Epidemic Typhus, Central Mexico, 1655–1918

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Epidemic typhus is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia prowazekii and transmitted by body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis). This disease occurs where conditions are crowded and unsanitary.
Jordan N. Burns   +2 more
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A case of fever of unknown origin – Was it really unknown?

open access: yesAPIK Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022
A 66-year-old male patient with diabetes and hypertension presented with a history of 2 months of continuous fever and weight loss. He was investigated earlier and treated for upper respiratory infection, typhus, and other infections with no reduction in
Manjunath Premanath
doaj   +1 more source

Rickettsial Infections and Fever, Vientiane, Laos

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Rickettsial diseases have not been described previously from Laos, but in a prospective study, acute rickettsial infection was identified as the cause of fever in 115 (27%) of 427 adults with negative blood cultures admitted to Mahosot Hospital in ...
Simaly Phongmany   +24 more
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NEUROVACINIA WITH TYPHUS IN THE WORKS OF М. М. TZEKHOWITZER (REVIEW) [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Mechnikov's Institute, 2013
The article describes the work priorities M. M.Tzekhnowitzer. Describes the production of various types neurovaccinia. Characterized by immunization of animals living typhous neyrovirusom.
Moiseyenko T.N.
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Spotted Fever and Typhus Group Rickettsiae in Dogs and Humans, Mexico, 2022

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
We found serologic evidence of spotted fever group Rickettsia in humans and dogs and typhus group Rickettsia in dogs in Reynosa, Mexico. Our investigation revealed serologic samples reactive to spotted fever group Rickettsia in 5 community members ...
Ricardo Palacios-Santana   +7 more
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Acute Severe Calculous Cholecystitis with Multiorgan Failure Complicated by Scrub Typhus

open access: yesCase 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nonnegligible Seroprevalence and Predictors of Murine Typhus, Japan

open access: yesEmerging 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health facility-based prevalence of typhoid fever, typhus and malaria among individuals suspected of acute febrile illnesses in Southwest Region, Ethiopia

open access: yesFrontiers in Epidemiology
BackgroundAcute febrile illnesses such as typhoid fever, typhus, and malaria are still major causes of hospital admission in many parts of Ethiopia. However, there are substantial gaps in the monitoring systems, which result in a lack of knowledge about ...
Mengistu Abayneh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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