Multiple Organ Failure Complicating Probable Scrub Typhus | Zendy

Christophe Cracco | Zendy; Christian Delafosse | Zendy; Laurence Baril | Zendy; Yannick Lefort | Zendy; Capucine Morélot | Zendy; J P Derenne | Zendy; François Bricaire | Zendy; Thomas Similowski | Zendy

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Multiple Organ Failure Complicating Probable Scrub Typhus

Author(s) -

Christophe Cracco,

Christian Delafosse,

Laurence Baril,

Yannick Lefort,

Capucine Morélot,

J P Derenne,

François Bricaire,

Thomas Similowski

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/313906

Subject(s) - scrub typhus , medicine , respiratory distress , typhus , intensive care medicine , respiratory failure , acute respiratory distress , surgery , pathology , lung , virology

This report describes a case of life-threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome with multiple organ failure complicating probable scrub typhus. Favorable outcome was associated with fluoroquinolone therapy. Scrub typhus should be suspected in travelers returning from Southeast Asia presenting with unexplained respiratory manifestations.

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