Immune thrombocytopenia with multi-organ dysfunction syndrome as a rare presentation of scrub typhus: a case report

Immune thrombocytopenia with multi-organ dysfunction syndrome as a rare presentation of scrub typhus: a case report

Abstract Background Scrub typhus is an acute infectious illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. It is endemic to a part of the world known as the “tsutsugamushi triangle”. Humans are accidental hosts in this zoonotic disease. About a third of patients admitted with scrub typhus have evidence of mu...

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Main Authors: Abraham M. Ittyachen, Saramma P. Abraham, Smitha Krishnamoorthy, Anuroopa Vijayan, Jayamohan Kokkat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Scrub typhus
Immune thrombocytopenia
Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome
Case report
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2826-z

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