Marked elevation of serum lipase in scrub typhus without pancreatitis: a report of three cases
| Autor: | Rohit Rajeevan, Anurag Bhargava, Sathiq Ali, Raghavendra Udyavara |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty animal structures Fever 030231 tropical medicine Triacylglycerol lipase Scrub typhus Gastroenterology Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Blood serum Internal medicine Medicine Serum lipase Humans 030212 general & internal medicine integumentary system business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health food and beverages Lipase Middle Aged bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Pancreatitis Scrub Typhus Elevated Lipase Acute Disease Acute pancreatitis Female business Complication Biomarkers |
| Zdroj: | Tropical doctor. 49(4) |
| ISSN: | 1758-1133 |
| Popis: | Scrub typhus, a re-emerging acute febrile zoonosis can present as an undifferentiated fever often complicated by potentially fatal systemic involvement. Acute pancreatitis is a rare complication of scrub typhus which can result in a marked elevation of serum lipase. We report three cases of scrub typhus who presented with acute undifferentiated fever, where a marked elevation of serum lipase occurred without any evidence of acute pancreatitis, or other causes of elevated lipase levels. Scrub typhus should be considered as a cause of marked elevation of serum lipase, which can occur in the absence of pancreatitis. |
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