Open AccessSequelae Following Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Caused by Orientia Tsutsugamushi
Author(s) -
Surya Prakash Gangwar,
Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj,
Kamran Zaman,
Vignesh Vairamani,
Mahima Mittal,
Manoj Murhekar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002595
Subject(s) - orientia tsutsugamushi , medicine , encephalitis , pediatrics , scrub typhus , immunology , virology , virus
We evaluated 146 patients with acute encephalitis syndrome caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, after median interval of 5 months of hospitalization, to estimate the proportion and spectrum of disability. Fifty-six (38.4%) had mild, whereas 19 (13%) had moderate to severe degree of disability. Most patients had impairment in the domain of cognition and behavior.