Neuritis and gastrointestinal hemorrhage in scrub typhus patients.
A 78-year-old woman with scrub typhus exhibited gastric hemorrhage with multiple gastric ulcers. This is the first report to confirm pathologically the presence of not only vasculitis but also, neuritis. The results suggest the necessity of studies confirming neuritis as the cause of gastric ulcer and bleeding in scrub typhus.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Republic of Korea; Department of Pathology, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Dong-Min
DM
Kim
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Republic of Korea; Department of Pathology, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Na Ra
NR
Yun
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Republic of Korea; Department of Pathology, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Republic of Korea sclim@chosun.ac.kr.
Sung-Chul
SC
Lim
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009443:Neuritis / Q000209:etiology*; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000150:complications*