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Acute hearing loss in febrile patients: a predictor of scrub typhus

Premaratna, R.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Dassanayake, A.S.; Loftis, A.; Dasch, G.A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2005)

INTRODUCTION: Rickettsial infections are re-emerging in Sri Lanka. Complications such as pneumonitis, myocarditis and encephalitis can occur late in the disease, and result in a high mortality. Early diagnosis reduces ...
A descriptive study of 63 patients with rickettsial infections: reasons for delay in the diagnosis

Premaratna, R.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Bailey, M.S.; Loftis, A.D.; Dasch, G.A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2008)

BACKGROUND: Most patients with rickettsial infections present to hospital as cases of "febrile illness of unknown origin". The delay in diagnosis may result in severe complications. Objectives: To determine reasons for the ...
Etiology of fever of unknown origin in a selected group of Sri Lankan patients with prompt responses to Doxycycline

Dasch, G.A.; Premaratna, R.; Rajapakse, R.P.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Eremeeva, M.E.; de Silva, H.J. (Centers for disease control and Prevention, 2008)

BACKGROUND: Most patients with long duration of fever go undiagnosed in settings where diagnostic facilities are inadequate. Untreated rickettsial infections cause extended fevers; while both scrub typhus and tick typhus ...
Rickettsial infections and their clinical presentations in the Western Province of Sri Lanka: A hospital based study

Premaratna, R.; Loftis, A.D.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Dasch, G.A.; de Silva, H.J. (American Society of Rickettsiology, 2007)

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