Tricky typhus ticks two: A report of two sisters from North India presenting with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to scrub typhus

R. Pai; R. Chaudhry; N. Gupta; P. B. Sryma; A. Biswas; A. B. Dey

doi:10.4103/0255-0857.176847

Tricky typhus ticks two: A report of two sisters from North India presenting with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to scrub typhus

R. Pai
, R. Chaudhry^*
, N. Gupta
, P. B. Sryma
, A. Biswas
, A. B. Dey

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

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Scrub typhus is emerging as an important cause of acute febrile illness in Northern India. This is a report of two sisters presenting concurrently with acute respiratory distress syndrome. A diagnosis of scrub typhus was made in both the patients, and they were successfully treated with doxycycline.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	244-246
Number of pages	3
Journal	Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
Volume	34
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4103/0255-0857.176847
Publication status	Published - 04-2016

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