Table 2. Diagnoses in scrub typhus PCR negative population.
Scrub typhus IgM ELISA | |||
Diagnosis | Positive | Negative | Total |
No of cases | 66 | 86 | 152 |
Unknown | 51 | 70 | 121 |
Malaria | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Dengue | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Pyogenic meningitis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Hepatitis A | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Hepatitis E | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japanese encephalitis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Leptospirosis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Tuberculosis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Others | 1* | 5# | 6 |
Drug Reaction with Eosinophila and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS);
# Still's disease, erythema nodosum, polymyositis, dapsone syndrome, thrombotic microangiopathy.
ELISA: enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, IgM: immunoglobulin M, PCR: polymerase chain reaction.