Undifferentiated acute febrile illness cases

Fever has become a common presenting complaint in the developing world. The symptoms and differential diagnosis of the most common fevers in the tropics that making an accurate clinical diagnosis was difficult without laboratory confirmation. These fevers also lead to high morbidity and mortality. But the exact burden of each infection varies from region to region. Due to high prevalence of local individual diseases the prioritization of the differential diagnosis of a clinical syndrome of acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) was needed.

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Rickettsial diseases are an important cause of undifferentiated acute febrile illness. The lack of classical manifestations can make their diagnosis difficult. Even though the diseases are endemic in India, they are less reported from New Delhi and surrounding regions. Aim is to estimate the seropositivity of Rickettsial infections in cases of undifferentiated acute febrile illness from a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi and to analyze their clinical profile. This prospective observational study was conducted from November 2016 to March 2018.

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