Pancreatitis and MODS Due to Scrub Typhus and Dengue Co-Infection

We report a 40 year old woman admitted with an acute abdomen. Investigations revealed pancreatitis, bilateral pleural effusion, renal failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and scrub IgM ELISA and dengue NS1 positivity. She improved with azithromycin and appropriate pain and fluid manageme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Iqbal, Nayyar, Viswanathan, Stalin, Remalayam, Bhavith, Muthu, Vivekanandan, George, Tarun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22949803
http://dx.doi.org/10.2149/tmh.2012-07
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Sumario:We report a 40 year old woman admitted with an acute abdomen. Investigations revealed pancreatitis, bilateral pleural effusion, renal failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and scrub IgM ELISA and dengue NS1 positivity. She improved with azithromycin and appropriate pain and fluid management. She also developed central venous catheter-related MRSA sepsis that was managed in the hospital.

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