A Case of Scrub Typhus Complicated with Acute Renal Failure Meningoencephalitis and Hepatitis.
- Author:
Jong Sub KIM
;
Bon Jeong KU
;
Ki Ryang NA
;
Seoun Mee OH
;
Ki Tai BIN
;
Seong Suk KIM
;
Kang Wook LEE
;
Young Tai SHIN
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Scrub typhus;
Acute renal failure;
Meningoencephalitis;
Hepatitis
- MeSH:
Acute Kidney Injury*;
Doxycycline;
Exanthema;
Fever;
Hematuria;
Hemofiltration;
Hepatitis*;
Humans;
Meningoencephalitis*;
Myalgia;
Proteinuria;
Scrub Typhus*;
Trombiculidae
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
1997;53(3):436-439
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Scrub typhus is a zoonosis transmitted by a chigger of trombiculid mite and manifested with fever, skin rash, myalgia, and hepatitis etc. The renal involvement of the disease is prese-ted with transient microscopic hematuria and/or proteinuria. However acute renal failure or meningoencephalitis is very rare. We report a case of scrub typhus manifested with acute renal failure, meningoencephalitis, and hepatitis. The patient was treated with doxycycline and continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH) and recovered successfully.
