Scrub typhus treatment: Ust

ust, 2024 Scrub Typhus INTRODUCTION Scrub typhus, a rickettsial disease, is an acute, febrile, infectious illness that is caused by Orientia ts. tsugamushi (formerly Rickettsia sp. It is . lso known as tsutsugamushi disease. Scrub typhus wa. first reported from Japan in 1899. Humans are accide. Scrub typhus is transmitted to humans through bites from infected larval trombiculid mites known as chiggers. Symptoms include fever, headache, myalgia, and eschar. Doxycycline is the treatment of choice for patients with scrub typhus. Scrub typhus should be treated with the antibiotic doxycycline. Doxycycline can be used in persons of any age. Antibiotics are most effective if given soon after symptoms begin. Scrub typhus, an important cause of acute fever in Asia, is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, an obligate intracellular bacterium. Antibiotics currently used to treat scrub typhus include tetracyclines, chloramphenicol, macrolides, and rifampicin. ...