Orientia tsutsugamushi in lung of patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome, France, 2013.

Jean Michel Peloni,Pierre François Wey,Gerome Patrick,Didier Raoult,Celine Perreal,Emmanouil Angelakis

doi:10.3201/eid2102.140860

Abstract

Orientia tsutsugamushi in lung of patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome, France, 2013.

Highlights

Our findings highlight the possibility that APV has been recently introduced by wild waterfowl in the Northern Hemisphere into domestic mallard ducks
To the Editor: Pulmonary involvement is a well-documented complication of scrub typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi (1)
Progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a serious complication that occurs in ≈11% of scrub typhus patients (2)

Summary

Introduction

Our findings highlight the possibility that APV has been recently introduced by wild waterfowl in the Northern Hemisphere into domestic mallard ducks. Orientia tsutsugamushi in Lung of Patient with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, France, 2013 To the Editor: Pulmonary involvement is a well-documented complication of scrub typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi (1).

Results

Conclusion