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Cerebellitis as a rare manifestation of scrub typhus fever.
BMJ Case Rep. 2020 May 14; 13(5)BC

Abstract

Scrub typhus is a mite-borne rickettsial disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, a gram-negative coccobacilli transmitted through the bite of chigger mite. Scrub typhus has diverse clinical manifestations, often presenting either as a simple febrile illness or as a complicated multi-organ dysfunction. Neurological complications in scrub typhus are diverse but their exact incidence is unknown. Cerebellitis is another rare neurological manifestation associated with scrub typhus. Here, we report the case of a 26-year-old woman with serologically confirmed scrub typhus presenting with fever and gross cerebellar dysfunction. MRI was normal. She was managed with antimicrobials and made an uneventful recovery.

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Gupta S
Department of General Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Grover S
Department of General Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Gupta M
Department of General Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India monicamanish2001@gmail.com.
Kaur D
Department of General Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.

MeSH

AdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntipyreticsCerebellar DiseasesDoxycyclineFemaleHumansOrientia tsutsugamushiScrub Typhus

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Case Reports
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eng

PubMed ID

32414774

Citation

Gupta, Samiksha, et al. "Cerebellitis as a Rare Manifestation of Scrub Typhus Fever." BMJ Case Reports, vol. 13, no. 5, 2020.
Gupta S, Grover S, Gupta M, et al. Cerebellitis as a rare manifestation of scrub typhus fever. BMJ Case Rep. 2020;13(5).
Gupta, S., Grover, S., Gupta, M., & Kaur, D. (2020). Cerebellitis as a rare manifestation of scrub typhus fever. BMJ Case Reports, 13(5). https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-233993
Gupta S, et al. Cerebellitis as a Rare Manifestation of Scrub Typhus Fever. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 May 14;13(5) PubMed PMID: 32414774.
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