Sequelae Following Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Caused by Orientia Tsutsugamushi

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 May;39(5):e52-e54. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002595.

Abstract

We evaluated 146 patients with acute encephalitis syndrome caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, after median interval of 5 months of hospitalization, to estimate the proportion and spectrum of disability. Fifty-six (38.4%) had mild, whereas 19 (13%) had moderate to severe degree of disability. Most patients had impairment in the domain of cognition and behavior.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Febrile Encephalopathy / microbiology*
  • Acute Febrile Encephalopathy / mortality
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • India
  • Orientia tsutsugamushi / pathogenicity*
  • Scrub Typhus / complications*
  • Scrub Typhus / microbiology