Outbreak of scrub typhus in Andhra Pradesh--experience at a tertiary care hospital.

Aim: To describe the clinical features, laboratory manifestations, complications in patients diagnosed with scrub typhus at a tertiary care hospital in south India.

Material And Methods: All cases of acute onset fever diagnosed to have scrub typhus August 2011 to December 2012 were analysed. Cases of scrub typhus confirmed by the well felix test with a titre of 1 in 80 or more and a positive immunochromatography test were studied.