A case of successfully treated scrub typhus with azithromycin in pregnant woman.
- Author:
Ji Young PARK
1
;
Kwan Hyun LEE
;
Moo Yong PARK
;
Kang Won HAN
;
Jong Oh YANG
;
Eun Young LEE
;
Sae Yong HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea. eylee@sch.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Scrub typhus;
Pregnant women;
Azithromycin
- MeSH:
Azithromycin*;
Chloramphenicol;
Female;
Fetus;
Humans;
Infant, Newborn;
Orientia tsutsugamushi;
Pregnant Women*;
Scrub Typhus*;
Tetracycline
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2005;68(6):708-711
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Scrub typhus is a acute febrile illness by Orientia tsutsugamushi that is endemic in Asian-Pacific areas. But it is difficult to found this disease in pregnant woman. As yet, many clinicians have difficulty in making choice of appropriate and safe drugs to pregnant women with scrub typhus, because the drugs such as tetracycline (doxycycline) and chloramphenicol which have been used are proven harmful to fetus and neonates. We experienced a case of successfully treated scrub typhus with azithromycin in pregnant woman, and report it with references.
