Bilateral simultaneous facial palsy following scrub typhus meningitis: A case report and literature review

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 573-576

  Lin, Wei Ru ^a   Chen, Tun Chieh ^a,b   Lin, Chun Yu ^a,b   Lu, Po Liang ^a,b   Chen, Yen Hsu ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Facial palsy; Meningitis; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

DEXTROMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALAISE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; OLIGURIA; PROTEINURIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SORE THROAT; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 84855233478     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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