Molecular Detection of Scrub Typhus Using Nested PCR Analysis in Chennai: A Case Report

Year 2017, , 164 - 168, 15.09.2017

Seethalakshmi Srinivasan Thangam Menon Karunakaran N.

https://doi.org/10.5799/jmid.367633

Abstract

Scrub
typhus is a mite-borne rickettsial zoonosis caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi.
We report a case of scrub typhus with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
(ARDS) and Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in an adult diabetic male in Chennai.
The diagnosis was made initially by serology and subsequently confirmed by
detection of the 56 kDa gene. 

Keywords

Scrub typhus, diabetic ketoacidosis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, nested PCR

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