Scrub typhus initially manifested as diabetic ketoacidosis: A case report

We report a case of a patient with scrub typhus who presented with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). The patient initially manifested with DKA, and was diagnosed with acute scrub typhus after evaluation the precipitating factors of DKA. No other complications of scrub typhus were noted. This case report...

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Autores principales: Jo, Dong Ho, Yu, Tae Yang, Kim, Young Jun, Lee, Jae Hoon
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5986161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29872635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.05.001
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description We report a case of a patient with scrub typhus who presented with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). The patient initially manifested with DKA, and was diagnosed with acute scrub typhus after evaluation the precipitating factors of DKA. No other complications of scrub typhus were noted. This case report suggests that acute scrub typhus should be considered as a precipitating factor of DKA, especially during the endemic season.
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spelling pubmed-59861612018-06-05 Scrub typhus initially manifested as diabetic ketoacidosis: A case report Jo, Dong Ho Yu, Tae Yang Kim, Young Jun Lee, Jae Hoon IDCases Article We report a case of a patient with scrub typhus who presented with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). The patient initially manifested with DKA, and was diagnosed with acute scrub typhus after evaluation the precipitating factors of DKA. No other complications of scrub typhus were noted. This case report suggests that acute scrub typhus should be considered as a precipitating factor of DKA, especially during the endemic season. Elsevier 2018-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5986161/ /pubmed/29872635 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.05.001 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Scrub typhus initially manifested as diabetic ketoacidosis: A case report
title_full Scrub typhus initially manifested as diabetic ketoacidosis: A case report
title_fullStr Scrub typhus initially manifested as diabetic ketoacidosis: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Scrub typhus initially manifested as diabetic ketoacidosis: A case report
title_short Scrub typhus initially manifested as diabetic ketoacidosis: A case report
title_sort scrub typhus initially manifested as diabetic ketoacidosis: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5986161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29872635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.05.001
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