Table 1 Clinical features of patients with scrub typhus
From: Emerging scrub typhus infection in the northern region of Sri Lanka
| Northern Sri Lanka (this study) | Western Sri Lanka[9] | Thailand[10] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmed cases (n) | 54 | 20 | 30 |
| Mean fever duration | 7.5 | 11 | 9 |
| Escher (%) | 90.7 | 25 | 68 |
| Lymphadenopathy (%) | 44.4 | 60 | 93 |
| Hepatomegaly (%) | 18.5 | 95 | 73 |
| Splenomegaly (%) | 9.3 | 35 | 23 |
| Headache (%) | 11.1 | 20 | NS |
| Pneumonitis (%) | 12.9 | 45 | NS |
| Rash (%) | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Diarrhoea (%) | 0 | 5 | 27 |