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

Table 4. Renal abnormalities in the confirmed scrub typhus study population (no. of patients: 49).

Parameter No. of patients (%)
Oliguria (<400 ml/d) 13 (26)
Gross hematuria 2 (4)
Dysuria 1 (2)
Hemoglobinuria 1 (2)
Abnormal urinalysis 30 (61)
Dipstick positive albuminuria 27 (55)
• ≤2+ 26 (53)
• >2+ 1 (2)
Dipstick positive glucosuria 1 (2)
Significant pyuria (>9 pus cells/hpf) 3 (6)
Microscopic hematuria (>2 RBC/hpf)# 8 (16)
AKI$ 26 (53)
Stage 1 5 (10)
Stage 2 4 (8)
Stage 3 17 (35)

# excludes two patients with gross hematuria;

defined according to KDIGO guidelines for AKI.

AKI: acute kidney injury, KDIGO: Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes, RBC: red blood cell.