Bilateral simultaneous facial palsy following scrub typhus meningitis: A case report and literature review

Scrub typhus is widely distributed across the Asia-Pacific region, Taiwan included. The clinical manifestations and complications of scrub typhus vary and the illness ranges in severity from mild to fatal. The etiology of facial nerve palsy varies and infectious agents have been associated with this...

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Main Authors: Wei-Ru Lin, Tun-Chieh Chen, Chun-Yu Lin, Po-Liang Lu, Yen-Hsu Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-12-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X11002269