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15-12-2023 | Typhoid Fever | Scientific Letter

Burden of Pediatric Scrub Typhus at a Tertiary Care Hospital: Clinical, Biochemical, Complications and Predictors of Mortality and Morbidity

Authors: Janani G, Pradyot Prakash, Rajniti Prasad, Abhishek Abhinay, Ankur Singh

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 4/2024

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To the Editor: Scrub typhus is the most common rickettsial infection in India. There have been many outbreaks of pediatric scrub typhus reported from several endemic regions in India in the last decade [1]. The present study was planned to study clinical, biochemical, complications and predictors of morbidity and mortality of pediatric scrub typhus. …

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Title: Burden of Pediatric Scrub Typhus at a Tertiary Care Hospital: Clinical, Biochemical, Complications and Predictors of Mortality and Morbidity
Authors: Janani G
Pradyot Prakash
Rajniti Prasad
Abhishek Abhinay
Ankur Singh
Publication date: 15-12-2023
Publisher: Springer India
Keywords: Typhoid Fever
Encephalitis
Acute Respiratory Distress-Syndrome
Hepatitis
Acute Kidney Injury
Acute Kidney Injury
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 4/2024
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-023-04983-1

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