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  • Contribution of rickettsioses in Sri Lankan patients with fever who responded to empirical doxycycline treatment 
    Premaratna, R.; Rajapakse, R.P.V.J.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Nanayakkara, D.M.; Bandara, N.K.B.K.R.G.W.; Kularatne, S.A.M.; Eremeeva, M.E.; Dasch, G.A.; de Silva, H.J. (Oxford University Press, 2010)
    Twenty-eight febrile Sri Lankan patients with undiagnosed fever for 7 days after hospital admission, who responded to empirical treatment with doxycycline, were retrospectively investigated using microimmunofluorescence ...
  • Evidence of acute rickettsioses among patients presumed to have chikungunya fever during the chikungunya outbreak in Sri Lanka 
    Premaratna, R.; Halambarachchige, L.P.; Nanayakkara, D.M.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Rajapakse, R.P.; Bandara, N.K.B.K.R.G.W.; de Silva, H.J. (Elsevier, 2011)
    BACKGROUND: Chikungunya fever (CGF) and rickettsioses are known to cause acute onset febrile illnesses associated with severe arthritis. Rickettsial arthritis is curable with the use of appropriate anti-rickettsial ...
  • A Patient with spotted fever group rickettsiosis mimicking connective tissue disease 
    Premaratna, R.; Liyanaarachchi, E.W.; Rajapakse, R.P.V.J.; Bandara, N.K.B.K.R.G.W.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2012)
  • Rickettsioses presenting as major joint arthritis and erythema nodosum: description of four patients 
    Premaratna, R.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Rajapakse, R.P.V.J.; Eremeeva, M.E.; Dasch, G.A.; Bandara, N.K.B.K.R.G.W.; de Silva, H.J. (Springer International, 2009)
    Erythema nodosum and aseptic arthritis are recognized associations of rickettsial infections. However, they usually present with a febrile illness rather than with severe arthritis. We report three patients who presented ...
  • Scrub typhus mimicking enteric fever; a report of three patients 
    Premaratna, R.; Nawasiwatte, B.M.T.P.; Niriella, M.A.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Bandara, N.K.B.K.R.G.W.; Rajapakse, R.P.; de Silva, H.J. (Oxford University Press, 2010)
    We report three patients who presented with fever and late onset diarrhoea mimicking enteric fever. All three patients were diagnosed with an Orientia tsutsugamushi infection and responded dramatically to doxycycline ...
  • Scrub typhus mimicking Parkinson's disease 
    Premaratna, R.; Wijayalath, S.H.N.C.; Miththinda, J.K.N.D.; Bandara, N.K.B.K.R.G.W.; de Silva, H.J. (Biomed Central, 2015)
    Background Scrub typhus is a re-emerging infection in Sri Lanka. It often poses a diagnostic challenge and tends to present as a febrile illness of uncertain origin. Undiagnosed illness may progress to serious multi-systemic ...
  • Scrub typhus pneumonitis 
    Premaratna, R.; Ariyaratna, N.; Botheju, W.I.K.; Bandara, N.K.B.K.R.G.W.; de Silva, H.J. (Elsevier, 2013)
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