Acute Cholecystitis in Patients with Scrub Typhus

作者:Lee Hyun; Ji Misuk; Hwang Jeong Hwan; Lee Ja Yeon; Lee Ju Hyung; Chung Kyung Min; Lee Chang Seop*
来源:Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2015, 30(11): 1698-1700.
DOI:10.3346/jkms.2015.30.11.1698

摘要

Acute cholecystitis is a rare complication of scrub typhus. Although a few such cases have been reported in patients with scrub typhus, the clinical course is not well described. Of 12 patients, acute cholecystitis developed in 66.7% (8/12) of patients older than 60 yr. The scrub typhus group with acute cholecystitis had marginal significant longer hospital stay and higher cost than the group without cholecystitis according to propensity score matching. Scrub typhus should be kept in mind as a rare etiology of acute cholecystitis in endemic areas because the typical signs of scrub typhus such as skin rash and eschar can present after the abdominal pain.

  • 出版日期2015-11