Underdiagnoses of Rickettsia in patients hospitalized with acute fever in Indonesia: observational study results.
Dewi LokidaUsman HadiChuen-Yen LauHerman KosasihC Jason LiangMusofa RusliPratiwi SudarmonoNurhayati LukmanKanti LarasRizka Humardewayantie AsdieDewi MurniatiI Made Susila UtamaRisna Halim MubinMuhammad KaryanaMuhammad Hussein GasemBachti AlisjahbanaPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
Rickettsial infections are consistently misdiagnosed, often as leptospirosis, dengue, or Salmonella typhi infection. Clinicians should include rickettsioses in their differential diagnosis of fever to guide empiric management; laboratories should support evaluation for rickettsial etiologies; and public policy should be implemented to reduce burden of disease.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- mental health
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- escherichia coli
- zika virus
- liver failure
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- palliative care
- respiratory failure
- hepatitis b virus
- aortic dissection
- electronic health record