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Scrub Typhus and Dengue Fever Co-Infection


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1 Department of Medicine, I. G. Medical College, Shimla (H. P.), India
2 Department of Physiology, I. G. Medical College, Shimla (H. P.), India
3 I. G. Medical College, Shimla (H. P.), India
     

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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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Rickettsial Diseases, Co-Infection, Flavivirus, India.
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Authors

S. K. Mahajan
Department of Medicine, I. G. Medical College, Shimla (H. P.), India
N. Sharma
Department of Physiology, I. G. Medical College, Shimla (H. P.), India
M. Garg
I. G. Medical College, Shimla (H. P.), India

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.

Keywords


Rickettsial Diseases, Co-Infection, Flavivirus, India.