Indian tick typhus presenting as purpura fulminans with review on rickettsial infections

Rickettsial diseases are some of the most covert reemerging infections of the present times. They are generally incapacitating and notoriously difficult to diagnose; untreated cases can have fatality rates as high as 30%–35%, but when diagnosed properly, they are often easily treated but lack of def...

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Main Authors: Manjunath Hulmani, P Alekya, V Jagannath Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Dermatology
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Online Access:http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2017;volume=62;issue=1;spage=1;epage=6;aulast=Hulmani