Prevalence of Thrombocytopenia in Acute Kidney Injury Cases Associated Scrub Typhus

Authors: Rathore SK and Pati P*

DOI: 10.23880/oajun-16000210

Volume 7, Issue 3

Abstract

Scrub typhus is a vector borne zoonotic disease producing varieties of clinical complications like acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), multi organs dysfunction(MODS) and deaths also. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the common clinical manifestations while progressing for MODS, where AKI has been found to be associated with thrombocytopenia .In this review a small effort has been made to throw light upon prevalence of thrombocytopenia in scrub typhus cases.

Keywords: Scrub Typhus; AKI; Thrombocytopeni; Risk factors

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