Scrub typhus complicated by ARDS, myocarditis, and encephalitis imported to Oman from Nepal
Joint Authors
Khamis, Firyal
Mahdi, Asma Sabir
al-Khalili, Sulayman Mubarak
Chung, Chao Chien
Mawlay, Mariya
Ibrahim, Hashim
Eskild, Petersen
Nenad, Pandak
Source
Issue
Vol. 34, Issue 3 (31 May. 2019), pp.254-256, 3 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2019-05-31
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Topics
- Rickettsial diseases
- Encephalitis
- Myocarditis
- Oman
- Nepal
- Complications(Medicine)
- Respiratory distress syndrome
Abstract EN
Scrub typhus is a potentially fatal rickettsial infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi.
It is an obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterium transmitted by the bite of infected chigger larva.
The disease is distributed from Asia to the Pacific islands, and this region is known as the Tsutsugamushi Triangle.
A 28-year-old man was admitted to the Royal Hospital with a four-day history of fever, headache, rigors, anorexia, and a nonspecific macular rash.
Clinical presentation, laboratory results as well as epidemiological data indicated that this might be a case of scrub typhus.
Additional serology tests confirmed the presumed diagnosis, and the patient was successfully treated with empirical therapy.
Untreated scrub typhus has high mortality and early diagnosis and adequate treatment can prevent the potentially fatal outcome of the disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mahdi, Asma Sabir& al-Khalili, Sulayman Mubarak& Chung, Chao Chien& Mawlay, Mariya& Ibrahim, Hashim& Eskild, Petersen…[et al.]. 2019. Scrub typhus complicated by ARDS, myocarditis, and encephalitis imported to Oman from Nepal. Oman Medical Journal،Vol. 34, no. 3, pp.254-256.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-890727
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mahdi, Asma Sabir…[et al.]. Scrub typhus complicated by ARDS, myocarditis, and encephalitis imported to Oman from Nepal. Oman Medical Journal Vol. 34, no. 3 (May. 2019), pp.254-256.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-890727
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mahdi, Asma Sabir& al-Khalili, Sulayman Mubarak& Chung, Chao Chien& Mawlay, Mariya& Ibrahim, Hashim& Eskild, Petersen…[et al.]. Scrub typhus complicated by ARDS, myocarditis, and encephalitis imported to Oman from Nepal. Oman Medical Journal. 2019. Vol. 34, no. 3, pp.254-256.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-890727
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 256
Record ID
BIM-890727