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. 2014 Jan 30;8(1):e2605. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002605

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.