Acute fulminant myocarditis in scrub typhus.
Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi in which humans are accidental hosts. It is a febrile illness which is confined to rural Asia and the Western Pacific islands. Severe complications are very rare. We report four cases of acute fulminant myocarditis in children with scrub typhus. This complication led to severe cardiogenic shock and death in two of them. We believe this is the first report of fulminant myocarditis complicating scrub typhus in children.
Sittiwangkul
Rekwan
R
Cardiology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. rsittiwa@mail.med.cmu.ac.th
Pongprot
Yupada
Y
Silviliarat
Suchaya
S
Oberdorfer
Peninnah
P
Jittamala
Podjanee
P
Sirisanthana
Virat
V
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000175:diagnosis; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000382:microbiology