Publications by authors named "Hassan Sreenivasamurthy Rajani"

Objective: To detect the diagnostic accuracy of rapid antibody detection test using IgM immunochromatography for scrub typhus in children.

Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled children aged 2 months-18 years hospitalized over a period of 18 months with undifferentiated fever of duration five days or more. The blood samples were subjected to serological tests like Weil-Felix, Scrub IgM ELISA, immunofluroscence assay (IFA) and rapid diagnostic test (IgM Immunochromatography).

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Russell-Silver syndrome, also called asymmetric dwarf dysgenesis syndrome is an uncommon genetic disorder presenting with low birth weight, failure to thrive and growth retardation (short stature), developmental delay, facial dysmorphism and hemihypertrophy. The estimated incidence is between 1 case in 3,000 to 1 case in 100,000. We are hereby reporting one such case of postnatal growth retardation with facial dysmorphism and several other features of Russell-Silver syndrome and confirmed by genetic analysis.

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