A Case of Scrub Typhus Complicating Subdural Hematoma.
- Author:
Kyoung Min MOON
1
;
Min Soo HAN
;
Dong Jin KIM
;
Yang Deok LEE
;
Yongseon CHO
;
Dong Jip NA
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. hms43@eulji.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Scrub typhus;
Doxycycline;
Subdural hematoma
- MeSH:
Aged;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Doxycycline;
Exanthema;
Fever;
Hematoma, Subdural*;
Hepatitis;
Humans;
Meningoencephalitis;
Myalgia;
Myocarditis;
Orientia tsutsugamushi;
Pneumonia;
Scrub Typhus*
- From:
Infection and Chemotherapy
2007;39(3):176-179
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and manifested with fever, skin rash, myalgia, and hepatitis etc. Most of patients improve with antibiotics such as doxycycline. The spectrum of the clinical severity ranges from mild to severe with fatal complication such as meningoencephalitis, pneumonitis, myocarditis. We report a case of a 72-year-old man with scrub typhus complicating subdural hematoma.
