A Life Threatening Rash, an Unexpected Cause

We describe a 74-year-old man with purpura fulminans and altered sensorium following an acute febrile illness. Intensive sepsis management was to no avail, until institution of doxycycline therapy following confirmation of scrub typhus. Empirical doxycycline needs to be considered in endemic areas f...

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Published in:Case Rep Dermatol Med
Main Authors: Jain, Dhiraj, Viswanathan, Stalin, Ramasamy, Chandramohan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241284/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431693
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/146251
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