|
 |
 Home > Available Issues |
|
|
 Case Reports |
| A Case of Tsutsugamushi Disease with Severe Pulmonary Hemorrhage and Meningoencephalitis |
| Ho Young Lee, Yong Min Kim, Soon Gyu Lee, Seong Mo Koo, Young Mo Kang, Choong Ki Lee |
| Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea |
Vol.27 Num.1 (p91~95)
|
|
|
In Korea, tsutsugamushi disease is a common acute febrile illness during autumn and about two thousand cases occur annually. Tsutsugamushi disease is caused by R. tsutsugamushi which invade endothelial cells and thereby cause systemic vasculitis. Serious manifestations are myocarditis, meningoencephalitis, interstitial pneumonitis. coagulopathy and acute renal failure.
We report a serologically proven case of tsutsugamushi disease which took a rather serious clinical course of massive pulmonary hemorrhage and meningoencephalitis, accompanied by focal neurologic signs, but without any skin rash, eschar or lymphadenopathy.
|
|
|
Keywords : Tsutsugamushi disease, Pulmonary hemorrhage, Meningoencephalitis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
