What is it about?
Scrub typhus is hard to diagnose without rapid diagnostic tests. The impact on pregnancy is not well document. Treatment of the uncomplicated infection is simple but without the correct antibiotic the disease can become very complicated.
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Why is it important?
Accurate diagnosis and treatment is needed in rural and resource limited settings for tropical infections including for pregnant women. Fetal effects can be devastating as observed in this case.
Perspectives
Rosie has worked for more than 20 years in rural and resource limited settings. Infection in pregnancy is important for the complication created directly for the mother and also for the next generation. Interest in diagnostics for many tropical infections remains under-researched.
Prof Rose McGready
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit
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This page is a summary of: Scrub typhus infection in pregnancy: the dilemma of diagnosis and treatment in a resource‐limited setting, Clinical Case Reports, May 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.572.
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