Co-infection of scrub typhus and COVID-19: A diagnostic challenge
Scrub typhus is a bacterial disease, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and has widespread clinical presentations. Coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic, which can demonstrate clinical symptoms similar to the scrub typhus. Herein, we are describing two such cases of scrub typhus and...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Scrub typhus is a bacterial disease, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and has widespread clinical presentations. Coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic, which can demonstrate clinical symptoms similar to the scrub typhus. Herein, we are describing two such cases of scrub typhus and COVID-19 co-infection. A 35-year-old male and a 42-year-old female presented with respiratory failure, for which COVID-19 was diagnosed, but both of them had persistent thrombocytopenia. The patients were investigated for other tropical co-infections and the diagnosis of scrub typhus was established in both of the cases. Doxycycline was added to their ongoing treatment, which led to an uneventful recovery. The cases highlight the importance of keeping a high index of suspicion of concurrent infection in the regions where seasonal tropical infections are endemic. |
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| Item Description: | 2666-1802 2666-1810 10.4103/ajim.ajim_81_21 |