A Case of Tsutusgamushi Disease with Atypical Symptom.
- Author:
Dae Woo KIM
1
;
Kook Huyng LEE
;
Sang Yeoup LEE
;
Hong Gi MIN
;
Young Joo KIM
;
Yun Jin KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
skin rash;
fever;
thrombocytopenia;
tsutsugamushi;
polyuria;
atypical symptom
- MeSH:
Acetaminophen;
Antibodies;
Aspartic Acid;
Exanthema;
Female;
Fever;
Humans;
Korea;
Myalgia;
Oxidoreductases;
Pharyngitis;
Polyuria;
Prothrombin Time;
Scrub Typhus;
Tachycardia, Sinus;
Thrombocytopenia
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
2006;27(9):741-745
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 59 year old woman visited the hospital complaining of sore throat, chill, myalgia and whole body skin rash. There was abnormal finding of fever, sinus tachycardia, increased lactic dehydrogenase and elongation prothrombin time. We started treatment with acetaminophen and fluid because she had not specific history of visiting to the mountain or field, etc. After treatment increased aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase and thrombocytopenia appeared without symptomatic improvement so that we investigated tsutsugamushi antibodies and diagnosed her condition as Tsutsugamushi disease with polyuria. But the clinical manifestation in our case showed atypical symptom which had polyuria. There is no report on that in Korea and over the world therefore the author et al. report of case of Tsutsugamushi disease with polyuria, atypical symptom.
