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Case Reports
. 2023 Jul 11;16(7):e255790.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-255790.

Purpura fulminans complicating scrub typhus and acute hepatitis E coinfection

Dhriti Sundar Das  1 , Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty  2 , Anupama Behera  2 , Srikant Behera  2
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Purpura fulminans complicating scrub typhus and acute hepatitis E coinfection

Dhriti Sundar Das et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Hepatitis and other GI infections; Infections; Skin; Tropical medicine (infectious disease).

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

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Figure 1
Multiple extensive retiform purpura involving upper and lower limbs as well as abdomen.
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Figure 2
Multiple extensive retiform purpura involving upper and lower limbs as well as abdomen.
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Figure 3
Multiple extensive retiform purpura involving upper and lower limbs as well as abdomen.
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Figure 4
Healing of the skin lesions after treatment.
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Figure 5
Healing of the skin lesions after treatment.
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