Clinical analysis of 22 cases children tsutsugamushi disease and review of the literature / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of children tsutsugamushi infection in order to strengthen understanding,reduce the misdiagnosis rate,reduce the complications and improve the level of diagnosis and treatment.Methods To analyze retrospectively the clinical data and treatment outcome of 22 cases of children tsutsugamushi disease,including symptoms,physical signs and laboratory examination.Results All the cases with fever onset,high fever (＞ 39 ℃) was 72.7％ (16/22),all cases were typical eschars and ulcers,while 8 cases (36.4％,8/22)had lymphadenectasis.Merger multiple organ damage in 14 cases (63.6％,14/22),anemia in 11 cases (50.0％,11/22)and liver function abnormal in 4 cases (18.2％,4/22).All of 22 cases were treated with azithromycin.All cases after treatment with azithromycin heal,no recurrence.Conclusions The manifestation of tsutsugamushi disease is diversity,much complications,among which hematology and liver are the most common cases.Physical examination roundly might reduce missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis as greatly as possible.Azithromycin has good therapeutic effects on children tsutsgamushi disease.