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Transient adrenal insufficiency and post-treatment bradycardia can occur as rare complications of scrub typhus, with adrenal failure responding well to steroid supplementation.
Case Report (n=1)
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Transient adrenal insufficiency and post-treatment sinus bradycardia are rare but important potential complications of scrub typhus.
Supports clinician awareness of rare adrenal complications in scrub typhus; leaves open true incidence and management needs.
What is known about this subject? Scrub typhus is an infection with multisystem involvement. This infection and its complications respond very well to specific antimicrobial therapy with doxycycline or azithromycin.
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Mookkappan et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Scrub typhus (n=1). Steroids and Azithromycin was evaluated. Transient adrenal insufficiency and post-treatment bradycardia can occur as rare complications of scrub typhus, with adrenal failure responding well to steroid supplementation.
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