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Acute pancreatitis due to scrub typhus
- Source :
- Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 31-34 (2014), Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014.
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Abstract
- Scrub typhus is endemic in large parts of India and can cause multi-organ failure and death. Acute pancreatitis as a complication is very rare and is potentially fatal. This case series describes seven adult patients who presented with an acute febrile illness and were diagnosed to have scrub typhus with acute pancreatitis. The mean age of the seven patients with acute pancreatitis was 49.4 years, and mean duration of fever prior to presentation was 7.7 days. All seven patients had abdominal pain, and three had a pathognomonic eschar. The mean serum lipase level was 1,509 U/L (normal value
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain
business.industry
Mortality rate
Case Report
Eschar
Scrub typhus
medicine.disease
bacterial infections and mycoses
Gastroenterology
Surgery
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infectious Diseases
Pancreatitis
Pathognomonic
Internal medicine
medicine
Acute pancreatitis
lcsh:RC109-216
medicine.symptom
Complication
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....255947f1686b123cfef92685dcb7356e