The present retrospective study was conducted to identify the clinical features ,complications an... more The present retrospective study was conducted to identify the clinical features ,complications and outcome of rickettsial infections in children. Thirty children hospitalized in a period of 18 months with fever of unknown origin and those presented with two or more clinical features suggestive of rickettsial infection were included. These patients were studied for clinical manifestations, response to therapy and complications. Diagnosis of rickettsial disease was made based on classical clinical features and weil-felix test. Out of 30 patients with possible rickettsioses, scrub typhus was diagnosed in 14 (46.7%), spotted fever in 8 (26.7%), typhus in 2 (6.6%) and mixed features in 6 (20%). School going children were commonly affected. Rashes were present in 25 cases (83.3%). Other clinical features include vomiting in 11 cases (36.7%), pain abdomen in 8 ( 26.7%), diarrhoea in 3 (10%), constipation and jaundice in one case each (3.3%). Examination revealed hepatomegaly in 14 cases(46...
The present study was conducted to evaluate the role of iron deficiency as a risk factor for simp... more The present study was conducted to evaluate the role of iron deficiency as a risk factor for simple febrile seizures in children aged 6 months to 5 years. This is a prospective cohort study recruiting 108 cases with simple febrile seizures and 100 controls with febrile illness without any seizures. All patients were assessed for iron deficiency anaemia by measuring haemoglobin level, serum ferritin level, Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) and Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV). Patients with iron deficiency anaemia amongst controls and cases were documented. Percentages and Odds ratio were derived from the collected data. 39.96% of cases ( 37 out of 108) had iron deficiency anemia and 22% of controls(22 out of 100) were found to have iron deficiency anaemia as revealed by low levels of haemoglobin level, serum ferritin level, Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration and Mean Corpuscular Volume. Odds ratio was 1.847. Patients with febrile seizures were 1.847 times more l...
The present retrospective study was conducted to identify the clinical features ,complications an... more The present retrospective study was conducted to identify the clinical features ,complications and outcome of rickettsial infections in children. Thirty children hospitalized in a period of 18 months with fever of unknown origin and those presented with two or more clinical features suggestive of rickettsial infection were included. These patients were studied for clinical manifestations, response to therapy and complications. Diagnosis of rickettsial disease was made based on classical clinical features and weil-felix test. Out of 30 patients with possible rickettsioses, scrub typhus was diagnosed in 14 (46.7%), spotted fever in 8 (26.7%), typhus in 2 (6.6%) and mixed features in 6 (20%). School going children were commonly affected. Rashes were present in 25 cases (83.3%). Other clinical features include vomiting in 11 cases (36.7%), pain abdomen in 8 ( 26.7%), diarrhoea in 3 (10%), constipation and jaundice in one case each (3.3%). Examination revealed hepatomegaly in 14 cases(46...
The present study was conducted to evaluate the role of iron deficiency as a risk factor for simp... more The present study was conducted to evaluate the role of iron deficiency as a risk factor for simple febrile seizures in children aged 6 months to 5 years. This is a prospective cohort study recruiting 108 cases with simple febrile seizures and 100 controls with febrile illness without any seizures. All patients were assessed for iron deficiency anaemia by measuring haemoglobin level, serum ferritin level, Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) and Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV). Patients with iron deficiency anaemia amongst controls and cases were documented. Percentages and Odds ratio were derived from the collected data. 39.96% of cases ( 37 out of 108) had iron deficiency anemia and 22% of controls(22 out of 100) were found to have iron deficiency anaemia as revealed by low levels of haemoglobin level, serum ferritin level, Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration and Mean Corpuscular Volume. Odds ratio was 1.847. Patients with febrile seizures were 1.847 times more l...
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