A pilgrim's progress: severe Rickettsia conorii infection complicated by gangrene

Punj, Puvesh; Nelson, Renjy; Gardiner, Sarah; Lodge, Michelle; Graves, Stephen R; Warner, Morgyn S

doi:10.5694/mja13.10025

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This challenging case of acute febrile illness and rapidly evolving petechial rash and digital gangrene in a traveller who returned from North India and highlights the need for a high index of suspicion for rickettsial infection in returned travellers.

1 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
2 Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, Geelong
3 SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: morgyn.warner@health.sa.gov.au

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