Open AccessOcular manifestations of Rickettsia conorii in South India
Author(s) -
Manohar Babu Balasundaram,
M Manjunath,
Girish Baliga,
Forum Kapadi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_420_18
Subject(s) - rickettsia conorii , rickettsiosis , medicine , spotted fever , scrub typhus , typhus , dermatology , retinitis , boutonneuse fever , outbreak , murine typhus , doxycycline , rash , virology , rickettsia , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , virus , human cytomegalovirus
Among the major groups of rickettsiosis, the commonly reported diseases in India are: (a) Typhus group induced-scrub typhus, murine flea-borne typhus; (b) Spotted fever group induced-Indian tick typhus; and (c) Q fever. Though many scrub typhus outbreaks have been reported from India, only one outbreak of spotted fever-serologically proven Indian tick typhus (Rickettsia conorii)-has been reported. We report for the first time ocular manifestations of serologically proven R. conorii infection in a cluster of patients.