Typhoid and Scrub Typhus Coinfection in a Returned Traveler

This is a case report of a 12-year-old returned traveler with typhoid and scrub typhus coinfection. The diagnosis of typhoid was made early with blood cultures and Widal Weil Felix serology. Persistent fever despite appropriate antibiotics for typhoid fever prompted a search for concomitant infectio...

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Published in:Global Pediatric Health
Main Authors: Christopher Wen-Xing Seow MBBS, Veena Logarajah MB ChB, MRCPCH, Natalie Woon Hui Tan MBBS, MRCPCH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-08-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X17726941