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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Main Authors: | Ajay Gupta (Author), Vidya B Ghosh (Author), Anil K Singh (Author) |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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