SCRUB TYPHUS IS A TROPICAL DISEASE , COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED WITH FEVER ORGANOMEGALY AND PAIN ABDOMEN

1. Presenter:
Dr Subodh Kumar Shah
2ND year Resident
Pediatric
Moderator:
ASSOT.PROF DR SUNIL KR YADAV
ASSOT.PROF DR ARUN GIRI

17. In a country like Nepal, scrub typhus should be suspected in any child who presents with prolonged
fever, mainly during monsoon period, and whenever associated with shortness of breath, abdominal
pain, vomiting, headache and clinical findings suggestive of multisystem involvement

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58. Reference :
• Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics 21 EDITION
• UPTODATE
• Descriptive study of scrub typhus in Nepal, 2017
• EDCD Interim guidelines for prevention and control of scrub typhus
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