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Acute respiratory distress syndrome in paediatric scrub typhus.

Authors :
Loganathan SK
Jaybhaye A
Dash N
Punnen A
Ghosh U
Rose W
Source :
Tropical doctor [Trop Doct] 2021 Oct; Vol. 51 (4), pp. 514-517. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 09.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a life-threatening complication of scrub typhus; we sought to describe its mortality and associated factors, namely eschar, hepatomegaly and severe thrombocytopenia, in a retrospective study in India of 65 children.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1758-1133
Volume :
51
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Tropical doctor
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
34238058
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/00494755211029146