Scrub typhus is not one of the more commonly encountered diseases in travelers returning from Asia, but it deserves more consideration in view of its severity and the availability of specific chemotherapy and chemoprophylaxis. We describe a case of scrub typhus that was associated with coma and multiorgan failure in a traveler returning to the United States from Thailand. The diagnosis was made...

Weil-Felix reaction with blood of patients suffering ̂ from scrub typhus during its course shows significant agglutination titres against yproteus XK strains. In Bombay. Patel (1940) reported on two cases but the titres were ^r below the diagnostic level. Later, two more cases clinically suspected and serologically confirmed were reported by Patel (1943) and Patel (1943). Systematic Weil-Felix r...

OBJECTIVE This study analyzes the spatial distribution of scrub typhus in Korea. METHODS A spatial distribution of Orientia tsutsugamushi occurrence using a geographic information system (GIS) is presented, and analyzed by means of spatial clustering and correlations. RESULTS The provinces of Gangwon-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do show a low incidence throughout the year. Some districts have almos...

Scrub typhus is the most important rickettsial disease in the world. Its previous endemic region was considered to be in Asia, Australia and islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans; this area was referred to as the Tsutsugamushi Triangle. Accumulation of serological, molecular, genetic, and culture data have shown that not only is scrub typhus not limited to the Tsutsugamushi Triangle, but can...

OBJECTIVE This retrospective study investigated abnormal hepatic dysfunction and abdominal computed tomography (CT) findings in scrub typhus. METHODS Three hundred forty nine adult patients were diagnosed with scrub typhus. Ninety four underwent abdominal CT. The CT images were reviewed by the attending radiologist. Patient data of history, symptoms, signs, and results of laboratory tests wer...

Front tyre blow-outs lead to several fatal accidents involving heavy vehicles. Common for most heavy vehicles is a positive scrub radius. This can result in a destabilising steering wheel torque at front tyre blow-out. In this study the safety improvement achieved when reducing scrub radius is quantified. By using a heavy truck equipped with a modified electric power steering system it was poss...

Scrub typhus has a wide range of clinical presentation varying from mild symptoms like fever, chills, headaches, myalgias, gastric ulcerations and hepatitis to more fatal conditions pneumonia encephalopathy caused by disseminated vasculitis with splenic infarct being rare complication. We report case 50-years old male scrub who presented as multiple infarcts.