Open AccessScrub Typhus Presenting as Severe Thrombocytopenia
Author(s) -
Anshu Agarwal,
Shivani Kshirsagar,
Sourya Acharya,
Sunil Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of tropical disease and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-1005
DOI - 10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i2130552
Subject(s) - scrub typhus , orientia tsutsugamushi , medicine , typhus , rickettsiosis , rickettsia , virology , virus
Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. Scrub typhus presenting with thrombocytopenia has been reported up to half of patients with Scrub Typhus. Thrombocytopenia is usually complicated with multiorgan dysfunction and high mortality rate. Here we report a case of a diagnosed scrub typhus infection with severe thrombocytopenia and management of such a case.