Prompt defervescence after initiation of treatment for rickettsial infections – time to dispense with the dogma?
Introduction: Clinicians are commonly taught that if patients with suspected rickettsial disease have continuing fever after 48 hours of anti-rickettsial therapy, an alternative diagnosis is likely. Methods: This retrospective study of patients hospitalised with scrub typhus and Queensland tick typh...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197122032227X |