id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-020560-jnemlabp Tewari, Hemant Severe Tropical Infections 2012-03-09 .txt text/plain 927 77 53 Close monitoring and supportive therapy is the mainstay of treatment in most of these infections, but some of them have specific therapies. Close monitoring and supportive therapy is the mainstay of treatment in most of these infections, but some of them have speci fi c therapies. Close monitoring and general organ • support in the initial days or weeks of viremia or parasitemia will salvage many patients. Step 6: Initiate empirical therapy based on initial presentation Speci fi c therapy is available only for a few tropical infections. Step 7: Start speci fi c treatment once the diagnosis is con fi rmed Dengue • A protocol for intravenous fl uid therapy has been developed by the World -Health Organization (WHO). Close clinical observation is essential, even after normal blood volume is restored, because patients can develop shock for 1-2 days after initial fl uid resuscitation, which represents the period of increased vascular permeability in dengue hemorrhagic fever. ./cache/cord-020560-jnemlabp.txt ./txt/cord-020560-jnemlabp.txt