Distribution of eschars on the body of scrub typhus patients: a prospective study.
Eschar is an important finding for the diagnosis of scrub typhus. The IFA test for possible scrub typhus was performed. The presence or absence of eschar was thoroughly examined. Among the 176 scrub typhus cases confirmed by IFA, 162 (92.0%) cases had eschar; 128 patients (79.5%) had eschars on the front of the body. Eschars were primarily detected in males within 30 cm below the umbilicus (19 patients, 35.8%). Distributions on the lower extremities and the front chest above the umbilicus were 22.6% (12 patients) and 20.8% (11 patients), respectively. A different pattern was seen in females. The most prevalent area was the front chest above the umbilicus, which accounted for 40.7% (44 patients) of all the detected eschars. Our study is the first report of a schematic diagram that shows the differences between the males and females with respect to eschar location in scrub typhus patients.
Kim
Dong-Min
DM
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea. drongkim@chosun.ac.kr
Won
Kyung Jun
KJ
Park
Chi Young
CY
Yu
Ki Dong
KD
Kim
Hyong Sun
HS
Yang
Tae Young
TY
Lee
Ji Hyun
JH
Kim
Hyun Kuk
HK
Song
Hyeon-Je
HJ
Lee
Seung-Hyun
SH
Shin
Ho
H
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001096:Arachnid Vectors; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000473:pathology*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000276:immunology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012737:Sex Factors
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial