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ArticleCureus2022

Rapid Recovery of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Scrub Typhus, With Pulse Methylprednisolone and Therapeutic Plasma Exchange.

Thilina Rathnasekara, Lanka Wijekoon, Hemal Senanayake, Sisira Siribaddana

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thilina RathnasekaraInternal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, LKA.
Lanka WijekoonMedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rajarata, Anuradhapura, LKA.
Hemal SenanayakeMedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rajarata, Anuradhapura, LKA.
Sisira SiribaddanaMedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rajarata, Anuradhapura, LKA.
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka · LKUniversity of Colombo · LK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an atypical presentation of scrub typhus infection with associated high morbidity and mortality compared to uncomplicated scrub typhus infection. Here we report an otherwise healthy 41-year-old female patient admitted with moderate ARDS secondary to scrub typhus infection who gained comparatively rapid recovery within 72 hours following intravenous methylprednisolone pulse (MPP) therapy with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), suggesting a beneficial role of MPP and TPE in the treatment of ARDS secondary to scrub typhus infection. To our knowledge, this is the first case report regarding the use of MPP therapy and TPE in a patient with ARDS due to scrub typhus infection.

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acute respiratory distress syndromemethylprednisolone pulseorientia tsutsugamushiscrub typhustherapeutic plasma exchange

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PMID36407237
PMCPMC9662697
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