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R Premaratna1, R P V J Rajapakse, T G A N Chandrasena, D M Nanayakkara, N K B K R G W Bandara, S A M Kularatna, M E Eremeeva, G A Dasch, H J de Silva.
Abstract
Twenty-eight febrile Sri Lankan patients with undiagnosed fever for 7 days after hospital admission, who responded to empirical treatment with doxycycline, were retrospectively investigated using microimmunofluorescence assay to verify whether they had rickettsial infection. Eleven (39%) patients were confirmed as having spotted fever group rickettsioses and 10 (36%) as having Orientia tsutsugamushi. Seven were negative for all tests. This suggests that greater use of doxycycline appears justified for patients with undiagnosed fever in settings where rickettsial diseases are endemic or re-emerging with inadequate diagnostic facilities. Copyright 2009 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 19931108 DOI： 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.10.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg ISSN： 0035-9203 Impact factor: 2.184