Acute reversible hearing loss in scrub typhus.
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.
Mahajan
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Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Zonal Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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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
D002443:Ceftriaxone; D004318:Doxycycline