Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis Associated with Scrub Typhus

Jeong Hwan Cho; Chan Hee Lee

doi:10.3947/ic.2019.51.1.73

Pulmonary Artery Thrombosis Associated with Scrub Typhus

Infect Chemother. 2019 Mar;51(1):73-76. doi: 10.3947/ic.2019.51.1.73.

Authors

Jeong Hwan Cho¹, Chan Hee Lee²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Veterans Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea. chanheebox@naver.com.

Abstract

Scrub typhus is an acute febrile disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, and the clinical course varies from mild and self-limiting to fatal. We describe a rare case of a pulmonary artery thrombosis associated with scrub typhus. Vasculitis via endothelial dysfunction caused by scrub typhus could be considered as the main mechanism.

Keywords: Pulmonary artery; Scrub typhus; Thrombosis; Vasculitis.

Publication types

Case Reports