Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2015 Feb;21(2):373-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid2102.140860.

Orientia tsutsugamushi in lung of patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome, France, 2013

Emmanouil Angelakis, Gerome Patrick, Jean Michel Peloni, Pierre François Wey, Celine Perreal, Didier Raoult
Case Reports

Orientia tsutsugamushi in lung of patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome, France, 2013

Emmanouil Angelakis et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Feb.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure
Figure
Orientia tsutsugamushi (arrows) in culture of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (Diff-Quick stain, VWR International, France). Original magnification ×100.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Kurup A, Issac A, Loh JP, Lee TB, Chua R, Bist P, et al. Scrub typhus with sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Clin Microbiol. 2013;51:2787–90. 10.1128/JCM.00463-13 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Wang CC, Liu SF, Liu JW, Chung YH, Su MC, Lin MC. Acute respiratory distress syndrome in scrub typhus. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;76:1148–52. - PubMed
    1. Tsay RW, Chang FY. Acute respiratory distress syndrome in scrub typhus. QJM. 2002;95:126–8. 10.1093/qjmed/95.2.126 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Jiang J, Chan TC, Temenak JJ, Dasch GA, Ching WM, Richards AL. Development of a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay specific for Orientia tsutsugamushi. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004;70:351–6. - PubMed
    1. Angelakis E, Munasinghe A, Yaddehige I, Liyanapathirana V, Thevanesam V, Bregliano A, et al. Detection of rickettsioses and Q fever in Sri Lanka. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012;86:711–2. 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0424 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

Substances

LinkOut - more resources