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There is a paucity of clinical data and outcomes in these patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aims to describe the clinical and laboratory profile and longitudinal outcomes in a scrub typhus patient cohort with opsoclonus.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Settings and Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This retrospective study was conducted in a 2700-bed teaching hospital in South India, in scrub typhus patients with opsoclonus over a 5-year period.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Clinical, laboratory, and radiological data and outcomes at discharge and 6- and 12-weeks postdischarge were documented.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of 1650 scrub typhus patients, 18 had opsoclonus. 17 had opsoclonus at presentation, while one patient developed opsoclonus on the 5\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      admission day, 1-day postdefervescence. Opsoclonus was first noted after a median interval of 11 (7\u201318) days from fever onset. It was associated with myoclonus in 94% (17\/18), cerebellar dysfunction in 67% (12\/18), extrapyramidal syndrome (EPS) in 33% (6\/18), and aseptic meningitis in 17% (3\/18) patients. Mean cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) white blood cell (WBC) count was 9 \u00b1 2.7 cells\/cumm, with mean CSF protein 118.5 \u00b1 53.9 mg% and mean CSF glucose 97 \u00b1 13 mg% in 1l\/15 patients. Brain magnetic resonance imaging was unremarkable in 75% (9\/12). Case-fatality rate was 5.5% (1\/18). Complete resolution of the index neurological syndrome occurred at 12-week postdischarge.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Opsoclonus is a rare neurological manifestation in scrub typhus, usually occurring in association with myoclonus, cerebellar dysfunction, or EPS. 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