Clinical treatment of patients with scrub typhus-induced liver injury and intracranial infection

Clinical treatment of patients with scrub typhus-induced liver injury and intracranial infection

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Scrub typhus is an infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi , a bacterium within the family Rickettsiaceae.The clinical symptoms are usually acute and are characterized by fever, eschar formation or ulceration, local or generalized lymphadenopathy, and rash.Because of the extensive damage to small blood vessels throughout the body, scrub typhus can involve multiple systems and organs, causing damage to the respiratory, EFALEX digestive, and nervous systems and inducing kidney and liver dysfunction.

Death can occur in severe cases.We herein report Patio Dining Chair two cases of scrub typhus with liver damage and intracranial infection.Among patients with scrub typhus, the risk of death is significantly higher in those who develop liver injury and intracranial infection.

However, there are few reports on the treatment of patients with liver injury and intracranial infection caused by scrub typhus, and relevant treatment experience is thus lacking.Our clinical case report helps to fill the knowledge gap in this area.