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Scrub typhus presenting as acute abdomen

Published:2011-07 Issue:3 Volume:41 Page:185-186
ISSN:0049-4755
Container-title:Tropical Doctor
language:en
Short-container-title:Trop Doct

Author:

Mahajan Sanjay K¹,Babu Sharath¹,Sharma Dhruv²,Singh Digvijay³,Kanga Anil³,Kaushal Satinder S¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medicine

2. Department of Surgery

3. Department of Microbiology, IG Medical College, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), India

Abstract

Scrub typhus, a zoonosis, is a systemic febrile illness with diverse clinical manifestations. It may also present with signs and symptoms of acute abdomen. We present two serologically confirmed cases of scrub typhus presenting with acute abdomen that were managed conservatively with antibiotics.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/td.2011.110079

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