Rickettsial Fever Presenting with Gangrene: A Case Series
| Autor: | Vinitha K Anirudhan, Premalatha Ramaswamy, Arun Prasannan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Rocky Mountain spotted fever 030106 microbiology Clinical Biochemistry lcsh:Medicine Surgery Section Disease Diagnostic tools 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine rickettsial gangrene 030212 general & internal medicine Gangrene doxycycline business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) lcsh:R General Medicine medicine.disease Dermatology Weil–Felix test Amputation Complication business weil felix test |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp PR01-PR03 (2017) |
| Popis: | Rickettsial diseases comprise a wide spectrum of diseases which are reported from different parts of India quiet long ago. Many cases of rickettsial diseases go undiagnos due to lack of diagnostic techniques and the reported incidence and prevalence may be an underestimation of the actual burden of the disease. A higher index of suspicion, clinical awareness and proper use of available diagnostic tools would increase the frequency of diagnosis. Gangrene is an uncommon complication in cases of rickettsial fever. Extensive gangrene of the digits or whole limb, even requiring amputation has been more commonly reported with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. These cases are being reported to highlight the occurrence of gangrene in rickettsial fever and the importance of appropriate management at the earliest. |
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