Hyperferritinemia in children hospitalized with scrub typhus

Hyperferritinemia in children hospitalized with scrub typhus

Abstract Background Hyperferritinemia is increasingly associated with mortality in sepsis. Studies estimating the prevalence of hyperferritinemia in pediatric scrub typhus are limited. Methods This was a secondary analysis of a prospective observational study (FERRIS) from a tertiary care teaching h...

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Main Authors: Vijai Williams, Nisha Menon, Prateek Bhatia, Manisha Biswal, Sreejesh Sreedharanunni, Muralidharan Jayashree, Karthi Nallasamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Health
Subjects:
Pediatric
Ferritin
Scrub typhus
Mortality
Sepsis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00304-4

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