Table 3.

Clinical profile of 25 children with severe form of scrub typhus infection

Characteristic		Number	Percentage
Median age, years (IQR)		4 (1–9)
Male		15	60
Duration of fever (days)	< 3	4	16
	3–5	7	28
	> 5	14	56
Median duration of fever, days (IQR)		7 (3.5–7.5)
Complications
Bronchopneumonia		11	4
Acute respiratory distress syndrome		2	0.7
Meningoencephalitis		6	2.3
Acute kidney injury		2	0.7
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis		3	1
Myocarditis		1	0.3

IQR = interquartile range.