Table 2.

Laboratory findings of patients with scrub typhus in a tertiary care hospital of Meghalaya, India, Sept 2011–Aug 2012 (n = 90)

Laboratory parameter	N	%
Leucocytosis (>12 000/μl)	23	25
Leucopoenia (<4 000/μl)	11	12
Thrombocytopenia (per μl)
<165 000	57	63.3
<100 000	18	20
Serum bilirubin >1.3 mg/dl	23	25
Aspartate aminotransferase >40 IU	90	100
Alanine aminotransferase >40 IU	85	94
Alkaline phosphatase >130 IU/L	74	82
Serum creatinine >1.6 mg/dl	13	14
Serum albumin < 3 g%	21	23