노인에게서 대장염이 동반된 츠츠가무시병 의증 1례

Abstract

Scrub typhus is acute febrile disease transmitted by chigger infected by Orientia tsutsugamushi. Symptoms are untypical such as high fever, headache, muscle pain and show marked skin lesion so called eschar. We have seen 1 case of suspected scrub typhus with colitis. 65 years old male was admitted due to abdomen pain, fever, headache. He was first diagnosed as only colitis and was treated by antibiotics. After rediagnosed as suspected scrub typhus, we changed to appropriate antibiotics and the patient was recovered.