Volume 12, Number 7—July 2006
Research
Orientia tsutsugamushi in Eschars from Scrub Typhus Patients
Table
Clinical characteristics on admission and serologic results of 7 patients with scrub typhus*
Patient ID | Age, y (sex) | Fever, °C | Rash | Lymphadenitis | Location of eschars | Acute phase |
Convalescent phase |
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Blood samples collected, d after onset | IgG titers of sera | Eschars and blood samples collected,† d after onset | IgG titers of sera | ||||||
03PE1 | 35 (F) | 38 | + | + | Neck | 3 | N | 9 | 320 |
03PE2 | 42 (M) | 40 | + | + | Umbilicus | 7 | 80 | 8 | 320 |
03PE3 | 48 (M) | 40 | + | + | Right groin | 5 | N | 10 | 320 |
03PE4 | 28 (F) | 38 | + | + | Left papilla | 8 | 160 | 11 | 640 |
04PE5 | 53 (M) | 38 | + | + | Waist | 2 | N | 6 | 320 |
04PE6 | 36 (M) | 40 | + | + | Behind right ear | 10 | 80 | 15 | 1,280 |
04PE7 | 31 (F) | 39 | + | + | Left axilla | 7 | N | 9 | 640 |
*Ig, immunoglobulin; N, negative.
†Chloramphenicol was given to a patient immediately after the acute-phase blood was collected.