Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2013

Rickettsial Disease an unusual cause of severe febrile illness in ICU

Dr. Kurundkar Gajanan Balaji, Dr. Pophale Himanshu Shashikant

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We report a case of a 45yrs male patient admitted in ICU with 12 days H/O fever, headache & myalgias. He had respiratory distress and hypotension requiring mechanical ventilation and inotopic support. Presentation mimicking usual viral or tropical fever but usual fever workup was nondiagnostic. Finally detected to have rickettsial fever. Responded wonderfully to appropriate specific treatment in 48 hours and recovered completely Rickettsial Diseases usually are transmitted to humans by arthropods. They are generally incapacitating and notoriously difficult to diagnose; untreated cases can have high fatality rates. Clinical suspicion is important. The Weil Felix and other serological tests are useful. Doxycycline is usually the drug of choice.  

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DR. KURUNDKAR GAJANAN BALAJI, DR. POPHALE HIMANSHU SHASHIKANT Rickettsial Disease an unusual cause of severe febrile illness in ICU Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.XII Dec 2013

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