Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus

Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi in which humans are accidental hosts. It is a febrile illness which is confined to rural Asia and the Western Pacific islands. Severe complications are very rare. We report four cases of acute fulminant myocarditis in children with...

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Main Authors:	Rekwan Sittiwangkul, Yupada Pongprot, Suchaya Silviliarat, Peninnah Oberdorfer, Podjanee Jittamala, Virat Sirisanthana
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Published:	2018
Subjects:	Medicine
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spelling	th-cmuir.6653943832-606282018-09-10T03:46:20Z Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus Rekwan Sittiwangkul Yupada Pongprot Suchaya Silviliarat Peninnah Oberdorfer Podjanee Jittamala Virat Sirisanthana Medicine Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi in which humans are accidental hosts. It is a febrile illness which is confined to rural Asia and the Western Pacific islands. Severe complications are very rare. We report four cases of acute fulminant myocarditis in children with scrub typhus. This complication led to severe cardiogenic shock and death in two of them. We believe this is the first report of fulminant myocarditis complicating scrub typhus in children. © 2008 The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. 2018-09-10T03:46:20Z 2018-09-10T03:46:20Z 2008-06-01 Journal 02724936 2-s2.0-48749119573 10.1179/146532808X302189 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=48749119573&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/60628
institution	Chiang Mai University
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country	Thailand
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topic	Medicine
spellingShingle	Medicine Rekwan Sittiwangkul Yupada Pongprot Suchaya Silviliarat Peninnah Oberdorfer Podjanee Jittamala Virat Sirisanthana Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus
description	Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi in which humans are accidental hosts. It is a febrile illness which is confined to rural Asia and the Western Pacific islands. Severe complications are very rare. We report four cases of acute fulminant myocarditis in children with scrub typhus. This complication led to severe cardiogenic shock and death in two of them. We believe this is the first report of fulminant myocarditis complicating scrub typhus in children. © 2008 The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
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author	Rekwan Sittiwangkul Yupada Pongprot Suchaya Silviliarat Peninnah Oberdorfer Podjanee Jittamala Virat Sirisanthana
author_facet	Rekwan Sittiwangkul Yupada Pongprot Suchaya Silviliarat Peninnah Oberdorfer Podjanee Jittamala Virat Sirisanthana
author_sort	Rekwan Sittiwangkul
title	Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus
title_short	Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus
title_full	Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus
title_fullStr	Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus
title_full_unstemmed	Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus
title_sort	acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus
publishDate	2018
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Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus

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