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Scrub Typhus Pneumonitis Acquired through the Respiratory Tract in a Laboratory Worker

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We report a case of scrub typhus pneumonitis in a laboratory worker who apparently acquired it through the respiratory tract. The patient was suffering from fever, cough and dyspnea. He had both cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy, and hepatomegaly. A chest X-ray showed interstitial infiltrates. A diagnosis of scrub typhus was established upon isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi. 12 days before the patient showed symptoms, he had purified O. tsutsugamushi proteins from infected cells using an ultrasonication method which could generate aerosols containing O. tsutsugamushi.

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  1. Dept. of Internal Medicine and Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, 28 Yeongun-dong, Chongro-gu, Seoul, 110-744 Korea; Phone: (+82/2) 76-02212, Fax: -29662, e-mail: mdohmd@snu.ac.kr, , , , , , KR

    M. Oh, N. Kim, C. Choi, E. Lee & K. Choe

  2. Dept. of Microbiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Korea, , , , , , KR

    M. Huh & I. Kim

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Received: October 2, 2000 · Revision accepted: December 3, 2000

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Oh, M., Kim, N., Huh, M. et al. Scrub Typhus Pneumonitis Acquired through the Respiratory Tract in a Laboratory Worker. Infection 29, 54–56 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-001-0139-5

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