A case of successfully treated scrub typhus with azithromycin in pregnant woman / 대한내과학회지

ABSTRACT

Scrub typhus is a acute febrile illness by Orientia tsutsugamushi that is endemic in Asian-Pacific areas. But it is difficult to found this disease in pregnant woman. As yet, many clinicians have difficulty in making choice of appropriate and safe drugs to pregnant women with scrub typhus, because the drugs such as tetracycline (doxycycline) and chloramphenicol which have been used are proven harmful to fetus and neonates. We experienced a case of successfully treated scrub typhus with azithromycin in pregnant woman, and report it with references.