Profile of Pediatric Scrub Typhus in Odisha, India
| Autor: | Mahesh Prasad Mohanta, Sanghamitra Pati, Madhusmita Bal, Bhagirathi Dwibedi, Manoranjan Ranjit, Suneeta Sahu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty animal structures Adolescent Fever animal diseases India Scrub typhus Eschar Azithromycin Typhoid fever Dengue fever 03 medical and health sciences High morbidity 0302 clinical medicine Leptospira 030225 pediatrics Internal medicine medicine Acute Febrile Encephalopathy Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child integumentary system biology business.industry Infant Newborn Infant bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Scrub Typhus Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health bacteria Female medicine.symptom business Malaria medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Indian pediatrics. 56(4) |
| ISSN: | 0974-7559 |
| Popis: | Objective To investigate the distribution and clinical profile of scrub typhus infection among children with acute febrile illness in Odisha. Methods Children ( 5 days) in 4 agro-climatic zones from June to November 2017 were evaluated. Patients were screened for malaria, leptospira, dengue, typhoid and scrub typhus. Scrub typhus was confirmed by IgM ELISA and PCR. Results Out of 413 cases examined, 48.7% were positive for scrub typhus, and 5.5% of them developed systemic complications. Eschar was found in 17.9% of cases. Five days treatment of Doxycycline and/or Azithromycin was clinically effective against scrub typhus. Conclusions Our study highlights that scrub typhus is one of the causes of high morbidity in children during rainy months in Odisha. |
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