Pancreatic abscess following scrub typhus associated with multiorgan failure
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Opsoclonus associated with scrub typhus.
A 64-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man (video on the Neurology Web site at www.neurology.org) diagnosed with scrub typhus presented opsoclonus. Drowsiness and mild nuchal rigidity were observed, whereas cranial nerve dysfunction, limb weakness, and sensory loss were not. Brain MRI showed normal findings. The serum antibody titers to Orientia tsutsugamushi were 1:2,560. CSF cytology revealed ...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i25.3523