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KMID : 0882420070730001081
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2007 Volume.73 No. 0 p.1081 ~ p.1084
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A case of dermatomyositis associated with scrub typhus
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Jung Se-Jin
Cheon Seong-Ha
Lee Chan-Hee
Park Yong-Beom
Lee Soo-Kon
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Abstract
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A broad range of infectious agents can cause myopathy. However, the relationship between infectious agents and chronic inflammatory myositis is less clear; in addition, whether infectious agents cause polymyositis, dermatomyositis or inclusion body myositis is unknown. Scurb typhus is characterized by fever, rash, eschar, pneumonitis, meningitis and disseminated intravascular coagulation that leads to severe multiorgan failure. However, there are few case reports of scurb typhus associated with inflammatory myopathy. Here we report a case of scurb typhus associated with dermatomyositis and review the medical literature.(Korean J Med 73:S1081-S1084, 2007)
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KEYWORD
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Dermatomyositis, Scrub typhus
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