Open AccessIndian tick typhus presenting as purpura fulminans with review on rickettsial infections
Author(s) -
Manjunath Hulmani,
Papayagari Alekya,
V Jagannath Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.198030
Subject(s) - medicine , purpura fulminans , dermatology , typhus , case fatality rate , purpura (gastropod) , intensive care medicine , immunology , virology , pathology , epidemiology , ecology , biology
Rickettsial diseases are some of the most covert reemerging infections of the present times. They are generally incapacitating and notoriously difficult to diagnose; untreated cases can have fatality rates as high as 30%-35%, but when diagnosed properly, they are often easily treated but lack of definite diagnostic tools and the hazards of handling these microorganisms aggravate the difficulties of diagnosis and treatment.