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- Title
Meningoencephalitis, myositis, and rash-neurological presentation of Indian tick typhus.
- Authors
Nigam, Gaurav; Sureshbabu, Sachin; Patras, Elisheba; Peter, Sudhir; Sobhana, C.
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of 55-year-old homemaker from outskirts of Delhi, India with no known comorbidities, who stopped interacting with her relatives and started behaving abnormally after three days of high-grade intermittent fever followed by progressive drowsiness and a few episodes of vomiting. It mentions that the patient was diagnosed with meningoencephalitis and myositis and her disease was treated with doxycycline.
- Subjects
HOMEMAKERS; DIAGNOSIS of diseases in women; TREATMENT of diseases in women; DROWSINESS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; DOXYCYCLINE; PATIENTS; HEALTH; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 2016, Vol 7, Issue 3, p476
- ISSN
0976-3147
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0976-3147.181480