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We describe the etiology and outcomes of illnesses causing acute lung injury in a rural populace.<jats:italic>Study Design.<\/jats:italic>A prospective observational study.<jats:italic>Setting.<\/jats:italic>Medical ICU of a teaching hospital in a rural-urban fringe location.<jats:italic>Patients.<\/jats:italic>Patients \u226513 years, admitted between December 2011 and May 2013, satisfying AECC criteria for ALI\/ARDS.<jats:italic>Results.<\/jats:italic>Study had 61 patients; 46 had acute lung injury at admission. Scrub typhus was the commonest cause (7\/61) and tropical infections contributed to 26% of total cases. Increasing ARDS severity was associated with older age, higher FiO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>and APACHE\/SOFA scores, and longer duration of ventilation. Nonsurvivors were generally older, had shorter duration of illness, a nontropical infection, and higher total WBC counts, required longer duration of ventilation, and had other organ dysfunction and higher mean APACHE scores. The mortality rate of ARDS was 36.6% (22\/61) in our study.<jats:italic>Conclusion.<\/jats:italic>Tropical infections form a major etiological component of acute lung injury in a developing country like India. 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