Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2017

ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF SCRUB TYPHUS

Dr. Sashidhar Reddy B, Dr Sudha Vidyasagar

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  Scrub typhus is a mite borne infectious disease caused by gram negative coccobacillus                            Orientia tsutsugamushi.  It is antigenically distinct from the typhus group rickettsiae.  We present here  2 cases of scrub typhus with unusual  presentations. The first patient was a 38 year old male patient  presenting to us with history of fever since 7 days and diffuse blanching rash   associated with  enlargement of both parotids. The second patient was a 50 year old woman complaining of prolonged fever associated with   acute abdominal pain in epigastric region with vomiting  diagnosed to have acute pancreatitis . 

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DR. SASHIDHAR REDDY B, DR SUDHA VIDYASAGAR, ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF SCRUB TYPHUS, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : VOLUME-6, ISSUE-9, SEPTEMBER-2017

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