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ArticleF1000Research2019

Case Report: Acute pyelonephritis and hearing loss in scrub typhus.

Sivaranjini Venketesan, Dheeraj Jain, Stalin Viswanathan, Murugesan Sivagurunathan Gayathri

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Article in F1000Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Scrub Typhus Presenting with Isolated Xerostomia.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sivaranjini VenketesanDepartment of General Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry, Puducherry, 605009, India.
Dheeraj JainDepartment of General Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry, Puducherry, 605009, India.
Stalin ViswanathanDepartment of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)., Pondicherry, Puducherry, 605009, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5861-5161
Murugesan Sivagurunathan GayathriDepartment of Radiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry, Puducherry, 605009, India.
Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute · INJawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute pyelonephritis is a common renal manifestation in patients with diabetes. A 52-year-old diabetic lady presented with loin pain, dysuria, and fever and urinary incontinence that had begun seven and three days prior to presentation respectively. She was treated with escalating spectra of intravenous antibiotics without improvement. Urine and blood cultures were sterile, while radiological investigations were suggestive of pyelonephritis. Mild hepatic dysfunction prompted consideration of scrub typhus and she improved with empirical doxycycline. Scrub IgM was later confirmed to be positive. In conclusion, local prevalence of systemic infections such as rickettsioses should always be considered in diabetics with fever, even if symptoms and signs otherwise suggest typical diabetes-related infections. We, therefore report a case of acute pyelonephritis caused by scrub typhus which has not been previously described in English medical literature.

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Hearing LossPyelonephritisScrub TyphusAnti-Bacterial AgentsDoxycyclineFemaleHumansMiddle AgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsDoxycyclineacute pyelonephritishearing lossscrub typhusurinary tract infection

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PMID31327998
PMCPMC6613477
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