Scrub typhus manifesting as electrocardiographic disturbance: A case report and review of literature
Samiksha Gupta
, Gautam Jesrani, Saurabh Gaba, Monica Gupta
Department of General Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
Keywords: Atrioventricular block, cardiovascular system, Orientia tsutsugamushi, Osborn wave, scrub typhus
Abstract
Scrub typhus (ST) has wide organ system involvement, but cardiac involvement is paramount in this spectrum due to early hemodynamic compromise. Various forms of cardiac involvement have been described in the literature, but we are describing rare electrocardiographic changes in the ST infection. A young male presented in our emergency department with complaints of restlessness and vomiting of 2 days' duration. The patient was having stable vitals on presentation, but his electrocardiogram (ECG) demonstrated second-degree atrioventricular block type 1 (also known Mobitz 1) and Osborn wave in the precordial leads. Further, he was having thrombocytopenia and eventually diagnosed with ST. For this, appropriate antibiotic treatment was given, which led to considerable symptomatic improvement and reversal of the ECG changes.
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Written patient consent is present, duly signed by the patient. The authors obtained the consent after explaining that no identity will be revealed and the case information, including ECG pictures, will be used for education purpose only. He was also explained that the journal publication will not contain any material or picture, disclosing his identity. The patient gave positive consent for publication.
SG and GJ: Case presentation, management, data collection, investigations, and writing of original draft.
MG and SG: Clinical management, discussion, literature review, writing of original draft including conclusion, references, and formatting.
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