Korean J Med > Volume 73(3); 2007 > Article
The Korean Journal of Medicine 2007;73(3):1081-1084.
A case of dermatomyositis associated with scrub typhus
Se Jin Jung, Seong Ha Cheon, Chan Hee Lee, Yong Beom Park, Soo Kon Lee
전남대학교병원 심장센터, 간호부, 전남대학교 심혈관계 특성화 사업단
증례 : 쯔쯔가무시병 후에 발생한 피부근염 1예
정세진&#;전성하&#;이찬희&#;박용범&#;이수곤, Seong Ha Cheon, Chan Hee Lee, Yong Beom Park, Soo Kon Lee
Abstract
A broad range of infectious agents can cause myopathy. However, the relationship between infectious agents and chronic inflammatory myositis is less clear; in addition, whether infectious agents cause polymyositis, dermatomyositis or inclusion body myositis is unknown. Scurb typhus is characterized by fever, rash, eschar, pneumonitis, meningitis and disseminated intravascular coagulation that leads to severe multiorgan failure. However, there are few case reports of scurb typhus associated with inflammatory myopathy. Here we report a case of scurb typhus associated with dermatomyositis and review the medical literature.(Korean J Med 73:S1081-S1084, 2007)
Key Words: Dermatomyositis, Scrub typhus


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