A case report of scrub typhus complicated with myocarditis and rhabdomyolysis

BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, a gram-negative intracellular bacterium. Myocarditis and rhabdomyolysis are rare complications of scrub typhus. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of scrub typhus, which was simultaneously complicated with myocarditis...

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Autores principales: Ki, Young-Jae, Kim, Dong-Min, Yoon, Na-Ra, Kim, Sung-Soo, Kim, Choon-Mee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6223005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30404620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3458-1

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