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Rickettsial Infections among the Undifferentiated Febrile Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Northern India: A Longitudinal Study

Tabeen Mansoor, Bashir Ahmad Fomda, Ajaz Nabi Koul, Mushtaq A. Bhat, Nazima Abdullah, Sudip Bhattacharya, Sheikh Mohd Saleem

Infection and Chemotherapy · 2021 · 13 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

Rickettsial diseases, typhoid and brucellosis, were the most prevalent diseased diagnosed among patients reporting to hospitals with undifferentiated febrile illness. Clinicians must consider rickettsial diseases as one of the differential diagnosis while treating patients with fever.

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