Profile of Scrub Typhus Meningitis/Meningoencephalitis in Children with and without Scrub Typhus IgM Antibody in CSF

Profile of Scrub Typhus Meningitis/Meningoencephalitis in Children with and without Scrub Typhus IgM Antibody in CSF

The aim of this article was to study the spectrum of scrub typhus meningitis/meningoencephalitis (STM) cases in children. Children ≤14 years of age with acute undifferentiated febrile illness were included. Immunoglobulin M (IgM) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was done in blood and cerebrospinal...

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Main Authors: Bijayini Behera, Amit Kumar Satapathy, Jai Ranjan, Shyam Chandrasekar, Subhakanta Patel, Baijayantimala Mishra, Samarendra Mahapatro, Rashmi Ranjan Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-09-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
Subjects:
children
meningitis
meningoencephalitis
scrub typhus
orientia tsutsugamushi
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1734003

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