Indian tick typhus presenting as purpura fulminans with review on rickettsial infections
Rickettsial diseases are some of the most covert reemerging infections of the present times. They are generally incapacitating and notoriously difficult to diagnose; untreated cases can have fatality rates as high as 30%–35%, but when diagnosed properly, they are often easily treated but lack of def...
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| author | Manjunath Hulmani P Alekya V Jagannath Kumar |
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| description | Rickettsial diseases are some of the most covert reemerging infections of the present times. They are generally incapacitating and notoriously difficult to diagnose; untreated cases can have fatality rates as high as 30%–35%, but when diagnosed properly, they are often easily treated but lack of definite diagnostic tools and the hazards of handling these microorganisms aggravate the difficulties of diagnosis and treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41cf72fe607f4952ba06410376ec068a2022-12-22T03:19:47ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Dermatology0019-51541998-36112017-01-016211610.4103/0019-5154.198030Indian tick typhus presenting as purpura fulminans with review on rickettsial infectionsManjunath HulmaniP AlekyaV Jagannath KumarRickettsial diseases are some of the most covert reemerging infections of the present times. They are generally incapacitating and notoriously difficult to diagnose; untreated cases can have fatality rates as high as 30%–35%, but when diagnosed properly, they are often easily treated but lack of definite diagnostic tools and the hazards of handling these microorganisms aggravate the difficulties of diagnosis and treatment.http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2017;volume=62;issue=1;spage=1;epage=6;aulast=HulmaniIndian tick typhuspurpura fulminansrickettsiae |
| spellingShingle | Manjunath Hulmani P Alekya V Jagannath Kumar Indian tick typhus presenting as purpura fulminans with review on rickettsial infections Indian Journal of Dermatology Indian tick typhus purpura fulminans rickettsiae |
| title | Indian tick typhus presenting as purpura fulminans with review on rickettsial infections |
| title_full | Indian tick typhus presenting as purpura fulminans with review on rickettsial infections |
| title_fullStr | Indian tick typhus presenting as purpura fulminans with review on rickettsial infections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Indian tick typhus presenting as purpura fulminans with review on rickettsial infections |
| title_short | Indian tick typhus presenting as purpura fulminans with review on rickettsial infections |
| title_sort | indian tick typhus presenting as purpura fulminans with review on rickettsial infections |
| topic | Indian tick typhus purpura fulminans rickettsiae |
| url | http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2017;volume=62;issue=1;spage=1;epage=6;aulast=Hulmani |
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