Brachial plexus neuropathy associated with scrub typhus: report of a case.
We report on a 20-year-old man who had scrub typhus with the unusual neurologic complication of brachial plexus neuropathy. The clinical features of fever, headache, pneumonitis, eschar, high Weil-Felix OX-K agglutination and Rickettsia tsutsugamushi immunofluorescence titers confirmed the diagnosis of scrub typhus. Brachial plexus neuropathy was proven by an electrophysiologic examination. He had a nearly complete recovery after adequate medical treatment.
Department of Neurology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
K S
KS
Ting
J C
JC
Lin
M K
MK
Chang
D000328:Adult; D001917:Brachial Plexus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000150:complications*