Scrub typhus: Atypical presentation in subhimalayan region
Journal Title: Medical Journal Armed Forces - Year 2018, Vol 74, Issue 2
Abstract
Scrub typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is an obligate, intracellular gram-negative coccobacilli and is distributed throughout the Asia Pacific. Scrub typhus is an acute febrile disease characterised by a eschar, lymphadenopathy, rash, fever, headache, myalgia and cough. Severe complications include encephalitis, interstitial pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), myocarditis and pericarditis, cardiac arrhythmia, acute renal failure, acute hepatic failure and acute hearing loss.
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Vivek S. Guleria
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