Open AccessProspective study to assess the treatment modalities and fever defervescence in patients with scrub typhus from a tertiary care centre in South India
Author(s) -
Rohit Barnabas,
KundavaramPaul Prabhakar Abhilash,
George M. Varghese,
M Shubanker,
Ramya Iyyadurai,
Jaj Prakash
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of vector borne diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.581
H-Index - 41
ISSN - 0972-9062
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9062.321748
Subject(s) - scrub typhus , azithromycin , medicine , doxycycline , incidence (geometry) , regimen , eschar , antibiotics , prospective cohort study , surgery , pathology , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Fever defervescence in scrub typhus, a zoonotic bacterial infection is used as a surrogate marker of disease resolution. Failure of fever defervescence prompts clinicians to suspect alternate diagnoses and treatment. In this observational study, various treatment regimens were correlated with clinical outcomes.