Table 1 Characteristics of patient population described in case-series (A) and case reports (B)
From: Diagnostic tools used in the evaluation of acute febrile illness in South India: a scoping review
A | ||
Name of study | Criteria for inclusion | Socio-demography |
Kumar et al., 2008 [73] | 4 cases: AFI diagnosed as malaria with radiological evidence of splenic involvement as a complication of malaria | Case-1: 42-year -old male |
Case-2: 38-year-old male | ||
Case-3: 65-year-old male | ||
Case-4: 15-year-old male | ||
All patients were from KA | ||
Katoch et al., 2016 [74] | 4 cases: AFI diagnosed as rickettsial infection with the presence of purpura fulminans | Case-1: 6-month-old infant female |
Case-2: 12-month-old female | ||
Case-3:7-month-old female | ||
Case-4:4 years old male | ||
All patients from KA | ||
Saifudheen et al., 2012 [76] | 2 cases: AFI with meningoencephalitis diagnosed as scrub typhus | Case-1: 45-year-old male, farmer |
Case-2: 30-year-old housewife | ||
Both patients from KE | ||
Prasannan et al., 2017 [75] | 4 cases: AFI with complication of gangrene diagnosed as a rickettsial infection | Case-1: 3-month-old female |
Case-2: 2-year-old male | ||
Case-3:12-month-old female | ||
Case-4: 8-year-old female | ||
All patients from KA | ||
B | ||
Name of study | Case description and participant characteristics | |
Manickam et al., 2014 [83] | A case of scrub typhus pneumonia in a 9-year-old female. Other causes of AFI ruled out before testing for scrub typhus. WFT > 1:160 antibody titre for OX-K antigen was positive while OX-2, OX-19 were negative | |
Chandy et al., 2009 [78] | A case of hantavirus AFI in a 46-year-old male granary worker | |
Devarajan et al., 2012 [79] | A case of a 55-year-old male with symptoms of AFI complicated by haematuria diagnosed as scrub typhus | |
Thangaratham et al., 2006 [85] | A case of a 22-year-old male presenting with symptoms of AFI and diagnosed as coinfection of malaria with dengue | |
Bhat et al., 2015 [77] | Clinical manifestations and lab parameters in a 22-year-old patient with AFI caused by 4 infections- dengue, vivax and falciparum malaria, Hepatitis A and E infection | |
Jagdishkumar et al., 2016 [80] | A case of a 3-year-old male with AFI diagnosed with dengue and typhoid simultaneously | |
Kakarapathi et al., 2014 [81] | Clinical manifestations of AFI caused by vivax malaria manifesting with neurological, haematological and renal complications in a 73-year-old woman | |
Madi et al., 2014 [82] | Dengue-associated neurological manifestations in a 49-year-old male who presented with AFI | |
Sitalakshmi et al., 2005 [84] | Description of AFI in a 27-year-old male diagnosed with Plasmodium malariae | |