Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Complicated Scrub Typhus
Scrub typhus is a mite-borne infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi . Although early diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic therapy improve the prognosis for the majority of patients, life-threatening complications are not uncommon. Here, we present a case of successful veno-veno-type ext...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine
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| Series: | Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.kjccm.org/upload/pdf/kjccm-2015-30-1-52.pdf |
| Summary: | Scrub typhus is a mite-borne infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi . Although early diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic therapy improve the prognosis for the majority of patients, life-threatening complications are not uncommon. Here, we present a case of successful veno-veno-type extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for scrub typhus-induced complications, including acute respiratory distress syndrome, myocarditis and multi-organ dysfunction. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of successful extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in complicated scrub typhus in Korea. |
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| ISSN: | 2383-4870 |