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Indian Pediatr
;
2015 Oct; 52(10): 891-892
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-172171
RESUMO
Background: Co-infections with scrub typhus have been described quite frequently in adults but less frequently in children. Case characteristics: An adolescent girl with varicella infection who had persistent fever. Associated clinical features like pain abdomen, vomiting, and features of third space losses made us suspect a co-infection. IgM and IgG antibodies by ELISA in acute and convalescent serum were suggestive of scrub typhus. Outcome: She recovered following a course of oral doxycycline. Message: In unexplained prolonged fever or atypical clinical manifestations not explainable by the primary disease process, coinfection needs to be considered.