Rickettsial diseases in Haryana: not an uncommon entity.
Rickettsioses have not been reported from the plains of North India and Haryana in particular. Here we are reporting three cases of scrub typhus and one cases of Indian tick typhus in the state of Haryana, all of which presented with fever and multi organ dysfunction, rash and without eschar. All were successfully treated with doxycycline.
Chaudhry
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Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak.
Garg
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Singh
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Tandon
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Saini
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D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000276:immunology; D020114:Rickettsia conorii / Q000276:immunology; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004318:Doxycycline