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Case Reports
. 2000 Jul;31(1):191-2.
doi: 10.1086/313906.

Multiple organ failure complicating probable scrub typhus

C Cracco  1 , C Delafosse, L Baril, Y Lefort, C Morelot, J P Derenne, F Bricaire, T Similowski
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Multiple organ failure complicating probable scrub typhus

C Cracco et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Jul.

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.

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