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. 2016 Oct-Dec;62(4):235–238. doi: 10.4103/0022-3859.184662

Table 1.

Chest radiographic findings in scrub typhus (n=398)

Finding Number Percentage
Normal 197 49.4
Pleural effusion 58 14.6
Acute respiratory distress syndrome* 56 14
Airspace opacity 42 10.5
Reticulonodular opacity 41 10.3
Peribronchial thickening 23 5.8
Cardiomegaly 14 3.5
Pulmonary edema 8 2
Others 8 2

Others: Postinflammatory changes, granulomas, fibrosis, emphysema. *Bilateral near symmetric pulmonary infiltrates involving one-third or more of each lung field