Tricky typhus ticks two: A report of two sisters from North India presenting with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to scrub typhus.
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2016-04
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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.
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Fever/aetiology, Orientia tsutsugamushi, scrub typhus/diagnosis, scrub typhus/drug therapy, scrub typhus/epidemiology
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Pai R, Chaudhry R, Gupta N, Sryma P B, Biswas A, Dey A B. Tricky typhus ticks two: A report of two sisters from North India presenting with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to scrub typhus. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2016 Apr-June; 34(2): 244-246.