Fever - Endemic Typhus in Jammu ?

revealed normal cardiac functions. She was put on doxycycline (100 mg twice a day). Her general condition improved the next day but then she developed left lateral rectus palsy. CT scan of the brain was normal. The medication was continued and she became afebrile by the third day while squint took another week to go. She was discharged after fourteen days of hospitalisation. Serological test for R. typhi was positive.

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