Open AccessEschar in scrub typhus: A valuable clue to the diagnosis
Author(s) -
Abhilash Paul Prabhakar Kundavaram,
Ashish Jonathan,
S D Nathaniel,
George M. Varghese
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.118033
Subject(s) - eschar , medicine , scrub typhus , typhus , orientia tsutsugamushi , dermatology , virology , intensive care medicine , pathology
Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness widely prevalent in the 'tsutsugamushi triangle' region of the world. Clinical features include fever, myalgia, headache, rash, and a pathognomonic eschar. An eschar is formed by the bite of chigger mite that inoculates the causative agent of Scrub typhus Orientia tsutsugamushi. The aim of this study is to determine the most common sites of eschars over the bodies of patients with Scrub typhus.