Key result
Chloramphenicol administration rapidly altered the clinical course of a patient with severe scrub typhus and multiorgan failure, though renal and pancreatic sequelae persisted for 10 months.
Population
1 patient with scrub typhus and unusual serious multiorgan involvement
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
10 months
Authors
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May support chloramphenicol consideration in severe scrub typhus; hypothesis-generating case report requiring prospective validation.
Case Report (n=1)
Chloramphenicol can rapidly improve severe scrub typhus with multiorgan failure, though some organ impairment may persist.
Chi et al. (1997) conducted a case report in Scrub typhus with multiorgan failure (n=1). Chloramphenicol was evaluated on Clinical course and sequelae. Chloramphenicol administration rapidly altered the clinical course of a patient with severe scrub typhus and multiorgan failure, though renal and pancreatic sequelae persisted for 10 months.
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