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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Main Authors: Dhiraj Jain, Stalin Viswanathan, Chandramohan Ramasamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/146251
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