Multiple organ failure complicating probable scrub typhus

C Cracco; C Delafosse; L Baril; Y Lefort; C Morelot; J P Derenne; F Bricaire; T Similowski

doi:10.1086/313906

Multiple organ failure complicating probable scrub typhus

Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Jul;31(1):191-2. doi: 10.1086/313906.

Authors

C Cracco¹, C Delafosse, L Baril, Y Lefort, C Morelot, J P Derenne, F Bricaire, T Similowski

Affiliation

¹ Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation, Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Parasitologie et Santé Publique, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France.

PMID: 10913423
DOI: 10.1086/313906

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
Cefotaxime / therapeutic use
Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Multiple Organ Failure / complications*
Multiple Organ Failure / drug therapy
Multiple Organ Failure / microbiology
Multiple Organ Failure / physiopathology
Ofloxacin / therapeutic use
Orientia tsutsugamushi / immunology
Scrub Typhus / complications*
Scrub Typhus / drug therapy
Scrub Typhus / microbiology
Scrub Typhus / physiopathology
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Cephalosporins
Ofloxacin
Cefotaxime