Mortality due to scrub typhus - Report of five cases

Rama Chaudhry; Chandan Kumar Thakur; Nitin Gupta; Tanu Sagar; Tej Bahadur; Naveet Wig; Rita Sood; Mahesh Chandra Misra

doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1314_18

Mortality due to scrub typhus - Report of five cases

Rama Chaudhry^*
, Chandan Kumar Thakur
, Nitin Gupta
, Tanu Sagar
, Tej Bahadur
, Naveet Wig
, Rita Sood
, Mahesh Chandra Misra

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

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Abstract

Scrub typhus is largely ignored in India particularly during outbreaks of viral fever. The disease course is often complicated leading to fatalities in the absence of treatment. However, if diagnosed early and a specific treatment is initiated, the cure rate is high. We report here five cases of scrub typhus to highlight the fact that high clinical suspicion for such a deadly disease is an absolute necessity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	790-794
Number of pages	5
Journal	Indian Journal of Medical Research
Volume	149
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1314_18
Publication status	Published - 06-2019

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General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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