Scrub Typhus

Pei-Hung Liao^*, Chih-Wei Wei and Chao-HsinWu

Department of Emergency Medicine, Tungs’ Taichung Metro Harbor Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

*Corresponding Author: Pei-Hung Liao
Department of Emergency Medicine, Tungs’ Taichung Metro Harbor Hospital, 699, Sec.8, Taiwan Boulevard, Wuchi, Taichung 43503, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-4-26581919
E-mail: alecstar@mail2000.com.tw

Received: August 29, 2019 Accepted: September 12, 2019 Published: September 19, 2019

Citation: Liao P, Wei C, Wu C (2018) Scrub Typhus. J Clin Image Case Rep 3:1.

A 78-year-old male presented to the emergency department with severe full thickness burns to his face, hands and back. During the course of receiving oxygen therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, he placed the oxygen mask on his head in order to allow him to smoke a cigarette, which resulted in an explosion