%0 Journal Article
%T Scrub Typhus Presenting as Acute Myocardial Infarction.
%A Pravesh Dhiman
%A Ashok Sharma
%A Rajiv Raina
%A Irappa Madhabhavi
%J Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
%D 2012
%I Editor: B. S. Kakkilaya
%X Scrub Typhus, or tsutsugamushi disease is a febrile illness caused by bacteria of the family Rickettsiaceae and named Orientia tsutsugamushi. Recently it has been found to endemic in Subhimalayan region of India. Scrub typhus affects skeletal muscles, skin, lungs, kidneys, brain and cardiac muscles.We report a rare case of scrub typhus presenting as acute myocardial infarction.
%K Scrub typhus
%K Myocardial infarction
%U http://www.ojhas.org/issue43/2012-3-11.htm