Pediatric scrub typhus complicated by cytokine storm, hyperferritinemia, and cerebral infarcts: A case report
Hyperferritinemia has been associated with increased mortality in severe sepsis and also described with scrub typhus. We describe a case of a 10-year-old child with acute febrile illness, altered sensorium, seizures, and left hemiparesis, along with septic shock. The child had markedly elevated infl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pediatric Critical Care |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2022;volume=9;issue=1;spage=27;epage=29;aulast=Gupta |