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Case report highlights a rare association of LETM with scrub typhus and leptospirosis infections.
Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is an immune-mediated disorder where spinal cord lesions extend over three or more contiguous vertebral segments, classically described in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. We report a case where a 36-year-old man had concurrent leptospirosis and scrub typhus infection, presenting with LETM. In previous literature, LETM has been found with isolated leptospira and orientia tsutsugamushi infection; however, this case may be a rare association of LETM with concurrent diseases.
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