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Hence, we planned this study to know the demographic, clinical and biochemical profile of scrub typhus patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was an observational study conducted in department of Medicine, King George's Medical University Lucknow, India a leading tertiary care hospital of Northern India. All scrub typhus patients were evaluated by detailed history, examination and laboratory tests.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We enrolled 52 patients in our study. The mean age of the patients was 35.17 \u00b1 16.90 years with majority (82.7%) of patients from rural background. All the patients had fever with an average duration of 9.6 \u00b1 2 days. Most of the patients developed hepatitis (69.2%) followed by acute encephalitis syndrome (47%), acute kidney injury (23.1%) and acute respiratory failure (19.2%). Eschar was found in 11 patients (21.2%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Scrub typhus is often misdiagnosed or diagnosed late due to its wide clinical spectrum overlapping with clinical presentation of other commonly prevalent tropical diseases. 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