PCR of an eschar biopsy specimen was positive for Orientia tsutsugamushi, and scrub typhus was diagnosed. His symptoms resolved after treatment with minocycline, 200 mg/day for 7 days. Scrub typhus is ...

IgM scrub was positive in both patients and was confirmed by PCR using the scab specimen at the bite site. Both cases were ... classical textbook presentations, scrub typhus is often missed or ...

With several districts reporting cases of scrub typhus, the Directorate of Public ... and body ache with rashes known as eschar at the bite site. Individuals at risk include agricultural workers ...

Sundargarh: The toral number of scrub typhus patients mounted to 361 in Odisha ... The most common symptoms of the disease include fever. The chigger bites can cause itchy, inflamed bumps on the skin ...