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Massive consolidation: a rare manifestation of paediatric Scrub typhus.

[scrub typhus]

Despite resurgence in the number of Scrub typhus cases, it still poses a diagnostic challenge as there is no prototype presentation. We report a case of a child with Scrub typhus who developed a massive consolidation. Despite such an extensive consolidation, respiratory symptoms such as cough and breathlessness were inconspicuous thereby posing a diagnostic dilemma. Upon serological confirmation, doxycycline therapy was initiated with a rapid and complete resolution of the pneumonia, both clinically and radiologically. The case is being reported to highlight this unusual presentation of Scrub typhus in children.

Diseases presenting "cough" symptom

  • acute rheumatic fever
  • allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
  • benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis
  • cushing syndrome
  • cutaneous mastocytosis
  • dracunculiasis
  • erdheim-chester disease
  • esophageal adenocarcinoma
  • fabry disease
  • holt-oram syndrome
  • liposarcoma
  • lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • pleomorphic liposarcoma
  • scrub typhus
  • severe combined immunodeficiency
  • systemic capillary leak syndrome
  • triple a syndrome
  • well-differentiated liposarcoma

This symptom has already been validated