An unusual presentation of scrub typhus

Giridhar Reddy Banda; Srikrishna Raghavendra Buddu; Priyanka Ballal; Jayaprakash Belle

doi:10.7860/JCDR/2016/22700.8485

An unusual presentation of scrub typhus

Giridhar Reddy Banda
, Srikrishna Raghavendra Buddu
, Priyanka Ballal^*
, Jayaprakash Belle

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

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Abstract

Presentation of scrub typhus associated with brachial neuritis is extremely rare with only a few cases reported so far. Here, we report a case of a 45-year-old female who presented with fever and right shoulder pain. Laboratory parameters showed leucocytosis with ELISA and PCR for scrub typhus positive. Electromyography (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV) study was suggestive of brachial neuritis. She was given doxycycline therapy for 10 days following which her shoulder pain resolved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	OD07-OD08
Journal	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Volume	10
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/22700.8485
Publication status	Published - 01-09-2016

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General Medicine
Clinical Biochemistry

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