Mortality due to scrub typhus – report of five cases

Persistent thrombocytopenia due to Scrub Typhus.

A 5 year old girl presented with fever for 7 days with no history of myalgia, joint pains, gastro-intestinal symptoms and bleeding tendencies. She was sick, febrile (102oF), tachypneic (RR-52/min), and had a pulse rate of 124/min and BP of 100/68 mm Hg. She had conjunctival suffusion but no lymphadenopathy, rash or eshcar. Systemic examination was unremarkable except for hepatomegaly of 3 cm an...

Scrub typhus: a case report.

Fever with rash is a common cause for dermatological referral. The causes can range from viral to protozoal, bacterial or spirochaetal. A case of rickettsial fever is reported.

839Cerebrospinal fluid analysis of meningitis due to scrub typhus

n-hexane neuropathy due to shoemaking: report of five cases

n-hexane neuropathy has been described after glue sniffing and industrial exposure. onset may be subacute and reminiscent of guillain-barre' syndrome. five patients (15-18 years old) presented with paresthesia, severe weakness of the extremities particularly lower extremities, as well as muscular atrophy, total areflexia and gait disturbances were admitted in hospital in march 2003. all of thes...

Neonatal scrub typhus: a case report.

Scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi disease) is caused by orienta tsutsugamushi and transmitted by trombiculid mite. Approximately 1 million infections occur each year globally and it occurs mostly in Asia. It can affect all age groups however very rare case has been reported among neonates. Here we report a newborn with scrub typhus disease. Whenever a newborn present with clinical symptoms of the dis...