| dc.contributor.author |
Premaratna, R. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Williams, H.S.A. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Chandrasena, T.G.A.N. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Rajapakse, R.P.V.J. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Kularatne, S.A.M. |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
de Silva, H.J. |
en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2014-10-29T09:27:22Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2014-10-29T09:27:22Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2009 |
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| dc.identifier.citation |
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2009; 103(9): pp.961-3 |
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| dc.identifier.issn |
0035-9203 (Print) |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn |
1878-3503 (Electronic) |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1904 |
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| dc.description |
Indexed in MEDLINE |
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| dc.description.abstract |
We report two patients who presented with a long-lasting febrile illness associated with pancytopenia. Both of them had evidence of hypercellular marrow with haemophagocytosis. They were confirmed as having rickettsial infections by serology and had a rapid haematological recovery with anti-rickettsial antibiotics. We highlight the importance of considering rickettsial infections in patients with such clinical presentations, especially in areas where these infections are endemic or re-emerging. Empirical use of anti-rickettsial antibiotics in such situations could be beneficial, when facilities to diagnose rickettsial diseases are not readily available. |
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| dc.publisher |
Oxford University Press |
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| dc.title |
Unusual pancytopenia secondary to haemophagocytosis syndrome in rickettsioses |
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| dc.type |
Article |
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| dc.creator.corporateauthor |
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
en_US |