Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of scrub typhus patients (N = 67)
| Symptom | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Fever duration in days | |
| 6–7 | 9 (13.4) |
| 7–14 | 43 (64.2) |
| >14 | 15 (22.4) |
| Clinical characteristic | |
| Vomiting | 29 (43.3) |
| Abdominal pain | 22 (32.8) |
| Dyspnoea | 15 (22.4) |
| Cough | 13 (19.4) |
| Diarrhoea | 13 (19.4) |
| Convulsion | 13 (19.4) |
| Altered sensorium | 7 (10.4) |
| Oliguria | 5 (7.5) |
| Headache | 5 (7.5) |
| Clinical finding | |
| Hepatomegaly | 28 (41.8) |
| Splenomegaly | 21 (31.3) |
| Oedema | 16 (24.0) |
| Eschar | 16 (24.0) |
| Maculopapular rash | 14 (20.9) |
| Lymphadenopathy | 11 (16.4) |
| Meningeal signs | 8 (11.9) |
| Hypotension | 8 (11.9) |
| Icterus | 4 (5.9) |