title: Acute reversible hearing loss in scrub typhus.
abstract: Scrub typhus usually presents as pyrexia with or without multiple organ involvement. Acute hearing loss occurs in about one third of cases and is a useful clue toward the diagnosis. We present two cases of scrub typhus with acute reversible hearing loss from an endemic area. The diagnosis was confirmed by nested PCR.
authors: Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Zonal Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
authors: S K
authors: SK
authors: Mahajan
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Bakshi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012307:Risk Factors; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014324:Trombiculidae / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D002443:Ceftriaxone; D004318:Doxycycline