Outbreak of scrub typhus in Andhra Pradesh--experience at a tertiary care hospital.

Abstract

Scrub typhus should be suspected in patients with rural background with fever and multi system involvement. The predominant symptoms were cough and breathlessness. Central nervous system abnormalities in the form of altered sensorium was seen in 43 (24.4%). Most common laboratory abnormality noted in our patients with scrub typhus was elevated liver enzymes which were seen in 153 (86%) cases.