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Hemorrhagic Transformation of Scrub Typhus Encephalitis: A Rare Entity.

Abstract
Central nervous system (CNS) involvement of scrub typhus infection is well known. Most CNS involvement of scrub typhus infection present as meningitis or encephalitis. We report on a patient suffering from hemorrhagic transformation of intracranial lesions caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. A 53-year-old female farmer who was infected by scrub typhus was treated with doxycycline and recovered from the systemic illness. However, headache persisted. Brain radiologic studies revealed acute intracranial hemorrhage and enhancing lesion, which implied a CNS involvement. Hemorrhagic transformation of encephalitis by scrub typhus is very rare complication and to our best knowledge, this is the first report of hemorrhagic transformation of scrub typhus encephalitis. Clinician should consider the possibility of hemorrhagic transformation of encephalitis in cases of scrub typhus infection.
AuthorsH-C Kim, K-W Yoon, D-S Yoo, C-S Cho
JournalClinical neuroradiology (Clin Neuroradiol) Vol. 25 Issue 4 Pg. 415-8 (Dec 2015) ISSN: 1869-1447 [Electronic] Germany
PMID25373351 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Letter, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Topics
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage (diagnosis, etiology, therapy)
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infectious Encephalitis (complications, diagnosis, therapy)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (methods)
  • Middle Aged
  • Rare Diseases (diagnosis, etiology, therapy)
  • Scrub Typhus (complications, diagnosis, therapy)
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed (methods)

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