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Pneumonia Due to Scrub Typhus Infection of Unknown Origin: A Case Report

2025-04-21

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background:</bold> Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by the rickettsial bacterium <italic>Orientia tsutsugamushi</italic>, transmitted to humans through infected mite bites. Patients typically present with sudden high fever, headache, myalgia, and eschar formation at the site of the bites. Respiratory symptoms, such as cough and shortness of breath, can also occur, e...

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Literature Corpus work: 37d45e67-adb4-59c5-83f6-79141e881c5e
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6003110/v1

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