title: Acute transverse myelitis associated with scrub typhus: case report and a review of literatures.
abstract: We describe a rare case of acute transverse myelitis associated with scrub typhus. Magnetic resonance imaging scans, clinical characteristics, skin biopsy, and cerebrospinal fluid cytology confirmed a diagnosis of acute transverse myelitis associated with scrub typhus. To our knowledge, this was not seen in a prior publication. Our case indicates that Orientia tsutsugamushi can invade spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon 405-760, Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang Lae
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ju Kang
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yoon Myung
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: Oh Kyung
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Keun Hwan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Bae
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011859:Radiography; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000150:complications*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging