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. 2013 Jun 14;8(6):e66595. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066595

Table 1. Neurological complications in scrub typhus.

No Year Authors Reference Country Diagnosis
1 1 1988 Lin et al Zhonghua Min Guo Xiao Er Ke Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi China Meningitis
2 1 1991 Kuroda et al Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi Japan Meningitis
3 9 1991 Silpapojakul et als Arch Int med Thailand Meningitis; meningoencephalitis
4 2 1991 Silpapojakul et al Pediatr Infect Dis J Thailand Meningitis
5 1 1992 Ting et al J Formos Med Assoc Taiwan Brachial plexus neuropathy
6 25 1997 Pai et al Clin Infect Dis Korea Meningitis
7 1 1997 Fang et al J Formos Med Assoc Taiwan Meningitis; seizures
8 1 1999 Ben et al J Microbiol Immunol Infect Taiwan Meningoencephalitis
9 1 1999 Chua et al Neurol J Southeast Asia Malaysia Confusion; periventricular hyperintensities
10 2 2000 Kim et al J Korean Neurol Assoc Korea Meningitis
11 1 2000 Kim et al Arch Neurol Korea Encephalomyelitis; bilateral abducens ;facial nerve palsy, anarthria, dysphagia; quadriparesis
12 1 2002 Tsay et al QJM Taiwan Meningoencephalitis, shock
13 1 2003 Sirisanthanaet al Pediatr Infect Dis J Thailand Meningitis
14 5 2003 Mathai et al Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci India Altered sensorium
15 6 2004 Silpapojakul et al Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg Thailand Encephalitis and meningitis
16 1 2005 Yang et al Tzu Chi Med J Taiwan Intracranial hemorrhage
17 6 2006 Premaratnaet al Clin Infect Dis Sri Lanka Sensorineural hearing loss; tinnitus; encephalitis
18 3 2006 Mahajan et al Emerg Infect Dis India Meningitis
19 16 2006 Mathai et al J Infection India Altered sensorium
20 1 2006 Chen et al Acta Neurol Taiwan Taiwan ADEM
21 1 2007 Wang et al Am J Trop Med Hyg Taiwan Seizures
22 1 2007 Moon et al Infect Chemother Korea Subdural hematoma
23 1 2007 Lee et al Scand J Infect Dis Korea Bilateral facial nerve palsy; GBS
24 1 2007 Lee et al J Korean Neurol Assoc Korea Guillain-Barre syndrome
25 1 2008 Lee et al Diag Microbiol Infect Dis Korea Transversemyelitis
26 1 2008 Kim etal. J Clin Neurol Korea Polyneuropathy; Cerebral Infarction
27 1 2009 Lee et al Ir J Med Sci Korea Guillain-Barre syndrome
28 9 2009 Jim et al Pediatr Neonatol Taiwan Meningitis
29 1 2009 Kang et al BMC Infect Dis Korea Sensorineural hearing loss; otalgia
30 16 2009 Wu et al Int J Gerontol Taiwan Meningitis ; meningoencephalitis
31 7 2010 Vivekanandan et al J Assoc Physicians India India Meningitis
32 31 2010 Lee et al BMC Infect Dis Korea Seizure;coma; confusion
33 23 2010 Kim et al BMC Infect Dis Korea Meningoencephalitis
34 1 2010 Lee et al J AAPOS Korea Isolated abducens palsy
35 1 2010 Oh et al Infect Chemother Korea Bell's Palsy
36 4 2010 Mahajan et al Emerg Infect Dis India Meningitis
37 6 2011 Thakur et al J Laryngol Otol India Hearing loss
38 2 2011 Kang et al Korean J Intern Med Korea Guillain-Barre syndrome
39 1 2011 Lin et al Kaohsiung J Med Sci Korea Bilateral facial nerve palsy
40 1 2011 Kim et al Diag Microbiol Infect Dis Korea Meningoencephalitis
41 1 2011 Yum et al Clin Neurol Neurosurg Korea Meningoencephalitis
42 2 2012 Saifudheen et al Ann Indian Acad Neurol India Meningoencephalitis
43 2 2012 Kumar et al J Infect Pub Health India Meningitis
44 1 2012 Remalayam et al J Postgrad Med India Subdural hematoma
45 9 2012 Khan et al Int J Infect Dis India Coma, seizures