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KMID : 0882420140860020253
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2014 Volume.86 No. 2 p.253 ~ p.257
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Severe Scrub Typhus Complicated by Myofascitis Due to the Taguchi Strain of Orientia tsutsugamushi
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Beom Jong-Wook
Heo Sang-Taek
Park Ji-Kang
Koh Young-Sang
Kim So-Hyun
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Abstract
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Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness with focal or general vasculitis that is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. The spectrum of clinical severity ranges from mild to severe with potentially fatal complications including acute renal failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, meningitis, myocarditis, and pneumonia. However, myofascitis with scrub typhus has not been reported to date. We report a case of pneumonia, meningitis, and myofascitis in a 56-year-old male patient with scrub typhus due to the Taguchi strain of O. tsutsugamushi.
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KEYWORD
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Scrub typhus, Pneumonia, Meningitis, Fasciitis
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