Scrub Typhus And Dengue Fever Co-infection
Keywords:
Rickettsial diseases, co-infection, Flavivirus
Abstract
Scrub typhus and dengue fever both are systemic febrile illnesses with similar clinical manifestations and thrombocytopenia. These two diseases are endemic throughout the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia but co-infection is rarely reported in literature. We present a case of co-infection of scrub typhus and dengue fever presenting with severe thrombocytopenia.
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2. La Scola B, Raoult D. Laboratory Diagnosis of Rickettsioses: Current Approaches to Diagnosis of Old and New Rickettsial Diseases. J Clin Microbiol. 1997; 35(11): 2715–27
3. Broom AK, Smith DW, Hall RA, Johansen CA, Mackenzie JS. Arbovirus Infections. In Manson’s Tropical Diseases. Cook GC and Zumla A (Edi.) 21st Edi. London Saunders Elsevier Science, Health Sciences Division. 2003; 41: 725-59.
4. Petersen LR, Gubler DJ. Flavivirus. In Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Warrel DA, Cox TM, Firth JD et al (Edi) 4th Edi. Oxford. Oxford University Press. 2003; 1: 382-9.
5. Iqbal N, Vishwanathan S, Ramalayam B, Muthu V, George T. Pancreatitis and MODS due to scrub typhus and dengue co-infection. Trop Med Health. 2012; 40(1): 19-21.
6. Nimmannitya S. Dengue hemorrhagic fever: disorders of hemostasis. IX Congress of the International Society of Haematology Asia-Pacific Division, Bangkok, October 24– 28, 1999, 184–7.
7. Thap LC, Supananond W, Treeprasertsuk S, Kitvatanachai S, Chinprasatsak S, Phonrat B. Septic shock secondary to scrubtyphus: characteristics and complications. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Health. 2002; 33(4):780-6.
8. Watt G, Jongsakul K, Chouriyagune C, Paris R. Differentiating dengue virus infection from scrub typhus in Thai adults with fever. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003; 68(5):536-8.
Published
2019-08-09
How to Cite
Sanjay Mahajan, Sharma N, Garg M. (2019). Scrub Typhus And Dengue Fever Co-infection. The Indian Practitioner, 68(9), 37-39. Retrieved from https://articles.theindianpractitioner.com/index.php/tip/article/view/560
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Case Reports
