Scrub typhus

A bacterial infection caused by Rickettsia typhi or Rickettsia felis. It is transmitted to humans from infected rat fleas. Symptoms include fever, headache, joint and muscle pain, and weakness.

Disease Alternative Name

endemic typhus

endemic typhus fever

endemic flea-borne typhus

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Dr. Mohsin Idrishi

General Practice

Female, age 14 years, c/o Fever for 14 days (on/off), frontal headache, generalized body pain, vomiting. At our hospital she was dx as Scrub Typhus. other investigation ( RFT, LFT, TYPHOID, DENGUE, URINE R/E, CT HEAD, LP) revealed normal. 5...See More

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5yrs old male child having pain & swelling in left knee & right hand wrist.Tlc-12.51,Hb-8.3,plt-526 m/mm3,widal-ve,scrub...See More

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A clinical case of Scrub Typhus with ARDS

Dr. Ashutosh is sharing a clinical case of Scrub Typhus with ARDS managed with great expertise by him. Share your view...See More

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Dr. Robin Singh

General Practice

10/m having this typical mark, plzz comment fever++ inflamation++ on site insect bite++ 2 days history scrub typhus?

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Top Scrub typhus Doctors on Curofy

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Dr. Samir Kr Bhattacharya

General Practice

kolkata

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Dr. Kute Ankush

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Dr. Shivraj Agarwal

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Dr. Jayesh Kalbhande

General Surgery

MUMBAI

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BARC Hospital

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Trending Cases

A female 36 years, gravida 3 para 2 comes with complaints of headache, loss of sight and is in labour with poor cervical dilatation progress. on admission, the BP is 178/102 with no history of convulsions and magnesium sulphate is given. A LSCS is performed under spinal anesthesia with BP stabilised. she is transferred to ICU for post operative management with BP continuing to increase . After 5 days, a feedback is given that the patient is discharged and gained her sight. What caused the loss of sight?
Dr. Prashant Vedwan
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