1.
South Med J
; 92(3): 333-5, 1999 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10094280
RESUMO
Human ehrlichiosis is not a common cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Physicians should be aware of this life-threatening but treatable entity. Progression to ARDS may be related to delay in diagnosis and treatment. Fever, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and a history of tick exposure in an endemic area during the spring and summer months should alert the physician to the possibility of human ehrlichiosis, since a definitive diagnosis requires serologic testing that may take weeks to confirm. We describe a case of ARDS resulting from human ehrlichiosis. A unique feature in our case was that despite the early use of doxycycline, the patient had near fatal ARDS that responded dramatically to high doses of steroids.
Assuntos
Ehrlichiose/complicações , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/microbiologia , Anti-Inflamatórios/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Masculino , Metilprednisolona/uso terapêutico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Respiração Artificial , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/terapia
2.
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol
; 13(5): 529-49, 1984 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6435548