Clinico-epidemiological analysis of scrub typhus in hospitalised patients presenting with acute undifferentiated febrile illness: A hospital-based study from Eastern India

Bijayini Behera, Manisha Biswal, Rashmi Ranjan Das, Anupam Dey, Jayanti Jena, Sagarika Dhal, Srujana Mohanty, Baijayantimala Mishra, Ashok Kumar PraharajIndian Journal of Medical Microbiology 2019 37(2):278-280 Acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) constitutes the predominant cause of healthcare seeking in Odisha. This prospective study was conducted to analyse the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory profile of scrub typhus patients presenting with AUFI from January to December 2017. Four hundred and thirty-two samples were tested for dengue, malaria, scrub typhus and enteric fever. Scrub typhus was overall the most common cause of AUFI (26.3%, 114/432) followed by dengue (19.2%, 83/432). Eschar was seen in 6.1% of cases. Aetiologies of 38.6% of AUFI remained unidentified. In the present study, there was no mortality attributed to scrub typhus.
Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Source Type: research