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KMID : 0984720070390030176
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Infection and Chemotherapy
2007 Volume.39 No. 3 p.176 ~ p.179
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A Case of Scrub Thphus Complicating Subdural Hematoma
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Moon Kyung-Min
Na Dong-Jib
Lee Yang-Deok
Cho Yong-Seon
Han Min-Soo
Kim Dong-Jin
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Scrub typhus, Doxycycline, Subdural hematoma
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