Hyperferritinemia in children hospitalized with scrub typhus.

Vijai WilliamsNisha MenonPrateek BhatiaManisha BiswalSreejesh SreedharanunniMuralidharan Jayashree Karthi Nallasamy

Published in: Tropical medicine and health (2021)

Hyperferritinemia is common in scrub typhus but it did not predict survival. Organ dysfunction and risk scores were better predictors of mortality than ferritin.

Keyphrases

young adults
cardiovascular events
oxidative stress
risk factors
free survival
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
iron deficiency