Clinical Profile and Therapeutic Response of Scrub Typhus in Children: A Recent Trend from Eastern India

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the clinico-laboratory parameters, complications and therapeutic responses in children with scrub typhus in Eastern India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this prospective, observational study, all children (age, 48 h). CONCLUSION: Scrub meningoencephalitis, with a notably higher incidence, showed favorable therapeutic response. Prompt and empiric doxycycline therapy could be lifesaving.