Otalgia and eschar in the external auditory canal in scrub typhus complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failure

BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus, a mite-transmitted zoonosis caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is an endemic disease in Taiwan and may be potentially fatal if diagnosis is delayed. CASE PRESENTATIONS: We encountered a 23-year-old previously healthy Taiwanese male soldier presenting with the right ear pain...

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Autores principales: Lee, Bor-Jen, Chen, Chia-Yi, Hu, Sung-Yuan, Tsan, Yu-Tse, Lin, Tzu-Chieh, Wang, Lee-Min
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3079651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-79

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3079651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-79

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