U.S. Department of Defense
Date of this Version
2013
Citation
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (August 2013) 51:8, p. 2787-2790. DOI:10.1128/JCM.00463-13
Abstract
Scrub typhus is a major infectious threat in the Asia-Pacific region. We report an unusual case of scrub typhus in a patient in Singapore who presented with sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome but lacked the pathognomonic eschar. The patient recovered after appropriate diagnosis and doxycycline treatment. Rickettsial diseases should be included in the differential diagnosis of febrile illnesses in regions where the diseases are endemic, and absence of eschar should not be the criterion used to rule out scrub typhus.
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