Typhoid and Scrub Typhus Coinfection in a Returned Traveler

• Main Authors: Christopher Wen-Xing Seow MBBS (Author), Veena Logarajah MB ChB, MRCPCH (Author), Natalie Woon Hui Tan MBBS, MRCPCH (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This is a case report of a 12-year-old returned traveler with typhoid and scrub typhus coinfection. The diagnosis of typhoid was made early with blood cultures and Widal Weil Felix serology. Persistent fever despite appropriate antibiotics for typhoid fever prompted a search for concomitant infectio...