Open AccessClinical outcome and predictors of severity in scrub typhus patients at a tertiary care hospital in Chandigarh, India
Author(s) -
Saurabh Gaba,
Monica Gupta,
Nidhi Singla,
R. B. Singh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of vector borne diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.581
H-Index - 41
ISSN - 0972-9062
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9062.302041
Subject(s) - scrub typhus , medicine , ards , orientia tsutsugamushi , organ dysfunction , acute kidney injury , prospective cohort study , disseminated intravascular coagulation , sofa score , acute pancreatitis , eschar , population , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , sepsis , surgery , pathology , lung , environmental health
Scrub typhus is an under-reported rickettsial illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi which is transmitted by trombiculid mites. Serious complications are not uncommon and multiorgan dysfunction may develop leading to death. Paucity of data on the clinical spectrum and determinants of aftermath may be contributing to higher mortality in the region. A prospective study was done to describe the spectrum of organ dysfunction in serologically confirmed cases of scrub typhus and document predictors of adverse outcomes.