Typhus Fever- A Diagnosis Often Missed as A Cause of Fever.

Background: In tropical countries epidemic and endemic typhus are sometimes missdiagnosed as typhoid fever. Typhus infection is emerging in the subcontinent and clinically presents as nonspecific febrile illness. So high index of clinical suspicion is essential and the objective of the study was to detect typhus infection as a cause of febrile illness. Materials &Method: This is a prospective observational study done from January to December 2019. A total 50 patients of different age groups were taken randomly who were suffering from fever for more than 7 days. All relevant investigations including CBC, Dengue serological test, Widal test, urine routine examination and C/S, blood C/S, chest x-ray were done. Patients not responding to conventional antibiotic therapy and having persistent fever…